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Dates: during 1910-1919
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During his speech in Sanders Theatre, Mr. Ian Hay Beith paid a splendid tribute to the motives of generosity and heroism which have prompted so many Harvard men to devote themselves to the service of the American Ambulance in France. This is good evidence of the impression which the work of the Ambulance Service has made upon the Allied nations of Europe at a time when there is unfortunately a great deal of foreign criticism is respect to Americans. With the hope of arousing still greater interest in the cause of the Service a booth at the Allied Bazaar...
...doubt these charges were exaggerated, but they rested on a slight basis of truth. In those halcyon days, tradition assures us, there was a mighty respect paid the wealthy student, however little he deserved it as an individual. The man who could afford to appear at a football game in a fur coat was counted among the lords of the earth, and if he owned a fast horse he was a very prince of fellows. The ordinary man could make his way then as well as now, but undoubtedly wealth was inclined to monopolize the centre of the stage...
When President Lowell receives congratulations from his friends this morning on his sixtieth birthday, he can feel certain, as most men cannot, that all the compliments paid him are deserved. As head of the University he has carried on the work begun by President Eliot, not merely as a capable administrator, but as a man of vision and foresight. Under his leadership Harvard has maintained her position among the first universities of the world, and has blazed the path to higher fields of scholarship. The war has dimmed the light of science and letters in Europe, but President Lowell...
...battlefield. And, as he neared the scene, a shell struck him as he sat on his chauffeur's seat. The ambulance was wrecked. No one heeded. But next day another ambulance driver found the American boy's body buried under the ruins of the vehicle, and the French soldiers paid it such military honors as they could...
...paid no heed to the jeering throng