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Today marks the birthday anniversary of the Harvard Regiment. Birthday anniversaries are traditionally a time of congratulations, and while we cannot regard with pride the growth of the lusty infant nor present it with a rattle to delight its baby heart, yet we can give praise for what it has done...
...Harvard Regiment stands almost unique as an organization springing from the entire University. It was formed on a rising tide of national consciousness, and took its strength from the loyal and eager support of a thousand men. It is noteworthy as an inspiration, as a co-operative effort towards one common ideal, and as the active expression of the keen patriotism felt by the large body of Harvard undergraduates...
...Regiment gained its success in the enthusiasm it aroused for an essential cause and in emulation by other colleges. It had the greatest success in the hundreds of Harvard men who went to the Plattsburg camps, there to undergo a period of more intensive training...
Owing to the inability of several of the speakers to be present at the Harvard Regiment dinner next Wednesday, January 10, the dinner has been postponed until early in March, probably March 7 or 14. President Lowell and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt '80, who were to be the principal speakers, found themselves unable to attend...
...little over a year since the Regiment was organized, and January 10, 1916, was the date of the first regimental orders issued by Captain Cordier appointing non-commissioned officers. On that same evening the first drill was held in the baseball cage. The dinner will therefore take place on the exact anniversary of the first actual work of the Harvard Regiment...