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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Camp Devens has been selected again this year by the government as the site for the annual Citizens' Military Training Camp for the First Corps Area, which includes the entire New England section. Men intending to be present at this camp, which will extend throughout August, must file their applications with their local representative by next Wednesday...
...long interval of silence has been due to important discoveries which our excavators have made near the site of Inca University, but which it has taken time to correlate and interpret. The result is an enlightening account of the refectories and outside caravansaries where the students ate their meals. Unbelievable as it may seem, it is an established fact of physiology that a man's mental capacity is vitally affected by his diet. From a survey of the restaurants, dining-halls, and food-shops in the vicinity, even in their present ruined condition, we can glean some significant facts about...
This initial gift of the committee has been used in securing and clearing the site for the library. The library itself, it is estimated, will cost in the neighborhood of one million dollars, four hundred thousand of which must be raised before the operation of building can progress and this must come from the college students of America. The entire purpose of asking the college man to support the project is one of building sentiment in to the stone and mortar--sentiment which will last longer than the marble itself. It is to be a gift from the students...
...American Committee has procured an ideal site for the Library building. It is a large plot, almost square, with a frontage of over two hundred feet, or somewhat less than a city block. The building will face the large central square of the town, La Place du Pueple, a grass-covered common intersected with walks and dotted with trees and shrubbery...
...building, which will cost approximately one million dollars, will serve as a memorial to the Belgian and American dead of the World War. It was designed by Mr. Whitney Warren who also selected the site. Mr. Warren has spent a great deal of time in Europe, studying the architecture of various localities, and is an especial devotee of the art of the north Latin countries. The structure will be of Flemish Renaissance architecture and will embrace six members with a covered arcade. The main reading room of the library will have space for 2000 volumes and will accommodate approximately...