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Major-General Wood commanded the "Rough Riders" in Cuba and was raised to his present rank for his services at San Juan Hill. He was military governor of Cuba, and was later transferred to the Philippines, where he became commander of the Department of the East. In 1909, he was appointed by President Taft to the office of chief of staff of the United States Army, and still holds this position...
...University Directory, giving the names, rank, and 1912-13 addresses of all members of the University, will be on sale at both Co-operative stores on, or shortly after, October...
...work which has given him his rank among the surgeons of his country was chiefly in the abdominal cavity, though any operation of a delicate and difficult nature absorbed him; and his wide experience gave him a marvellous power of diagnosis. During his whole life since graduating from the Medical School he has been connected with its faculty, his service culminating, with the Moseley Professorship of Surgery which he held from 1907 until the time of his death...
...class will be gathered in front of Holworthy. A mighty band will lead the throng a rapid songful march and at 8.30 official cars leave Harvard square for Otis Wharf. At 9.15, the Griswold clears her dock for shores unknown, unseen. At Fort Andrew's pleasant pier unship in rank array! A short stroll down the wood-path then brings our travellers to the Field of Jubilee. Ball games, swimming, diving, blind-fold dory and obstacle races, tugs of war and deep-sea tilting, wrestling, rowing and a hundred and seventeen absolutely new sports will occupy the time till lunch...
...awarding of scholarship distinctions and election to Phi Beta Kappa have often been severely criticized on the ground that there exists no just basis for determining relative rank. Because of the wide variations in the standards of marking on the part of different professors, two pieces of equally good work very often receive varying marks. In certain courses the Rank List will show that about 20 per cent of the members received grade A, whereas in others only 4 or 5 per cent are A men. How, then, are the records of men graded according of different standards...