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Richard Norton, son of the late Professor Charles Eliot Norton '46, was the founder of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, which was the first American Unit to aid the allied armies in the great war. For nearly a year the only American uniforms known overseas were those of the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Service, and all that the French had to judge this country by was the work of the men in this unit. At that time, many undergraduates left the University in order to join Norton's corps and have since played an important part in the entire history...
...noon today the funeral services of Professor Emeritus Crawford Howell Toy will be held in Appleton Chapel. Professor Toy died at his home on Monday following a prolonged illness...
...announced yesterday by the College Office that Assistant Professor Robert Matteson Johnston had been appointed full Professor of Modern History. Professor Johnston gave up his duties as instructor in the University in 1918 and was commissioned a major in the United States Army. He was detailed for duty with the Historical Section of the General Staff of the A. E. F. where he acted as chief until February, 1919, temporarily taking the place of the regular officer in charge. The Historical Section also forms the Operations Section of the Historical Branch of the War Department in Washington, and this Operations...
...work organized by Professor Johnston, and for which he was sent overseas, related to the Historical Archives of the General Staff. With reference to his work, Professor Johnston has published "A Brief History of German tactics in 1918," and "Minor Notes on the Bulletin for Field Officers...
...Professor Emeritus Crawford Howell Toy, LL.D. '04, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and other Oriental Languages, died yesterday morning at his home, 7 Lowell street, after a prolonged illness which has prevented him from teaching for some time. He was Hancock professor at the University from 1880 to 1909, and has been Professor Emeritus since September 1, 1909. Until 1903 he was also Dexter lecturer on biblical history, and was the author of numerous books on the history of religions. At the time of his death Professor Toy was 83 years of age, having been born at Norwalk, Va., on March...