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...communication in Friday's CRIMSON, Mr. Squier suggests an added burden for the shoulders of the undergraduate in the shape of a compulsory course or general examination on the government of the United States, its laws, and its customs. I am sure that this idea does not appeal to the average Senior who has finally satisfied his language requirements and is now concentrating on passing his divisionals. For the most part, students present American History for admission, take Government 1 for distribution, and easily assimilate a knowledge of the customs of the American people long before they reach their majority...
Returning yesterday from the scene of the recent earthquake in Yokohama, J. B. Squier '24 related to a CRIMSON reporter last evening some of the tragic incidents of the disaster. Had it not been for the courage and the countless acts of heroism, the incredible suffering of the people would have been unbearable...
News of the disaster did not reach Kobe, where Mr. Squier was staying, until Monday. Within three hours, the American and English business men in the city had raised $50,000. The West o' Rowa, an American ship, was unloaded and reloaded with supplies for the refugees in eighteen hours. It was the first relief to reach Yokohama, where thousands of refugees were rescued. These people, mostly Chinese, had lived more than four days without food or water, suffering all the while indescribable physical torment from their wounds. In an attempt to allay in some measure the pain, they bathed...
...Squier had nothing but praise for the bravery of the Chinese. Through some blunder, all operating instruments had been left off the relief ship. One Chinaman sat without uttering a word or groan while a doctor cut off three of his toes with a pair of scissors, and after the operation, he thanked the surgeon...
...inauguration of Dr. S. W. Stratton as President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Symphony Hall this morning, President Eliot is scheduled to make an address. Major-General G. O. Squier and Governor C. H. Cox, Law '04 will speak as representatives of the national government and the Commonwealth respectively...