Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...undertaking was brought forward at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Medical Society held yesterday, and it was made the subject of an address by Dr. Philemon E. Truesdale, M. D. '98. Dr. Truesdale pointed out with many details from the history of military operations, that the medical profession has never been prepared for any of the wars in which this country has been engaged, and that it is not prepared now. In the course of the address it was stated that of the 145,000 physicians in the United States very few were graduated with any education in military...
...State military camp, which is to be established in Princeton this summer. Principal interest centres in the fact that the War Department has decided to recognize the camp as furnishing valuable preliminary training for the series of Government training camps to be opened later, as well as for those subject to draft, and, that a regular army officer, retired, will be detailed as camp commandant...
...diet of man has been the subject for many dissertations, more or less profound, from that early day when the delectable Eve bit into the delectable apple, and found it good. It is a rule established in civilized countries that horses eat oats, men eat bread, and the barnyard fowl eat anything they can get. However, this rule does not hold in the less highly cultured parts of Africa, where, it is rumored, polite society is fond of serpent and other things, nicely browned...
...diagrams he pointed out the penetrating power of high explosive shells of the several calibres, explaining its variation according to the weight of the projectile and its angle of incidence. The use of shrapnel was also discussed with reference to its effectiveness and potentiality. Captain Dupont treated his subject from the point of view of the infantry officer, pointing out the aid which foot troops could expect from their supporting artillery, with which they must co-operate closely at all times...
...regular lecture for the University Reserve Officers' Training Corps was delivered last night by Lieutenant Morize on the subject of the duties of the platoon leader in the trenches. In addition to the usual program, the lecture was vividly illustrated by stereoptican pictures made from photographs which Lieutenant Morize took while in the trenches on the western front. Few of the lectures which the French Mission have given have been of greater practical value and interest...