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...Geological Club and the Geological Conference will hold a joint meeting at 8 tonight in the Mineralogical Lecture Room of the Geological Museum. Professor R. A. Daly will speak on some of his recent work on "Post-Glacial Tilting of Newfoundland," and Professor W. M. Davis will discuss "Theories of the Origin of the Pacific Ocean Coral Reefs...
Lieutenant Gallishaw fought in the early part of the war with the British Forces at Gallipoli, and has set down his experiences there in his book, "Trenching at Gallipoli." He was graduated from St. Patrick's Hall School at St. Johns Newfoundland, and was a special student at the University the first half of 1914-15, the second half of 1915-16, and throughout the year in 1916-17. He went to France with the draft army and was wounded. Later, he was transferred here, taking command of Company...
...Grenfell has spent more than twenty-five years on the Labrador Coast in medical, religious and social work, on behalf mainly of the large number of Newfoundland fishermen who visit that coast every year during the fishing season. The permanent establishments of his work are, part of them, on the island of Newfoundland. He was knighted by King Edward VII in 1907. He spent some months last year at the front in France in medical and religious work...
...Grenfell Association of Boston is desirous of obtaining the services of about 12 college men for the summer. Every year a ship is sent to Newfoundland and Labrador for the purpose of restocking the different stations already established in these thinly populated lands. This great charitable organization is under the direction of Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the well-known doctor and philanthropist. Those who volunteer for the summer will be expected to do general work on the voyage and later at the various hospital stations in Newfoundland. Any men who consider spending the summer in this way can find...
...work for a novice at journalism. Primarily a personal narrative it succeeds in giving a picture of the methods of fighting "Johnny Turk," and a general idea of that most splendid of failures, the Gallipoli campaign. The framework of the story is the brilliant career of the First Newfoundland Regiment, from which the author was parted only by a wound, leading to his honorable dismissal from the service. Anecdotes of other regiments and of brave comrades, tales of heroic deeds, and convincing description round out the tale...