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Lectures will be given by many prominent men in the war, such as Captain Ian Hay Beith, author of "The First Hundred Thousand," and Sergeant Middlemurs, a British soldier who was blinded by a German shot. The entertainers include such a versatile collection of artists as Constance Collier, Elsa Maxwell, Itow, the Japanese dancer, Nora Bayes, Clara Kimball Young, Poola Frisch, Yvette Guilbert, Mary Desmond, Ruth Draper, Alice Derlet, the Belgian soprano; Frank Pollack, Maud Fay, Anna Fitshugh, Emily Whalen and the Marimba Mexican Band...
...place which would do honor to any great seat of athletic culture. Forty-four heroes clad in disintegrating football togs fought it out with a real fervor, and although the officials experienced some difficulty in distinguishing whether these armored warriors were Seniors or Freshmen, yet the crowd of one thousand spectators, more or less, experienced a feeling of lively enthusiasm...
...Thayer without a thrill. Not only is the singular bravery to be commended, but also the love of the game which was in great evidence. It is at least encouraging to see that the undergraduates care enough about football as a sport to play and play hard, although eighty thousand voices are not yelling encouragement and no band is playing inspiring music. These interclass contests are a valuable institution--they ought to be more of them...
Captain Ian Hay Beith, British soldier and author of the "First Hundred Thousand," will lecture at Sanders Theatre next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Tickets at one dollar apiece may be obtained at Amee's Bookstore. The proceeds of the lecture will go to the Cambridge Surgical Dressing Committee, which makes supplies for the use of the Harvard Surgical Unit in northern France...
Captain Beith, or Ian Hay as the literary world knows him, was sent to the front with the "first hundred thousand." His bravery won him many promotions, and he finally received the rank of captain. He is now on a furlough and has been sent to this country by the British government to explain England's position...