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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...various belligerent countries, there are now about 5,500,000 prisoners, located in camps containing anywhere from one or two thousand to 74,000 prisoners each, and these prisoners range from the highest classes to the lowest, and from the most intelectual to those who have had no education. The camps are located from the Isle of Wight to Japan...
Religious organizations often print comparisons of the amounts spent by the American people for missionary work with amounts spent for various forms of indulgence. The figures for alcohol run into the billions; automobiles, tobacco, moving pictures and chewing gum follow. Contributions for missions usually reach a few hundred thousand dollars. Such a table ought to be compiled with reference to the expenditures of college students for war relief and for luxuries. There would be an interesting, if shameful, comparison...
...ends today. Enrolments may be made and the membership fee of one dollar paid at the CRIMSON Building, or at Weld 3, before 5 o'clock tonight. So far the desired results have not been achieved, and the enrolment from the University is a great deal less than a thousand, the number which the committee hoped to reach...
...Fifty thousand people are expected to see the Army-Navy game at the Polo Grounds New York, N. Y., today. West Point enters the contest a slight favorite, but Annapolis is conceded to have the best chance in years. Both teams are expected to play an open game, and sensational playing on the part of Oliphant, the Army's star, is look...
...Greater Boston Chapter of the American Red Cross will end its second campaign for members from the University tomorrow. Until then enrolment may be made, and the $1 fee submitted at the Crimson Building or in Weld 3. The Chapter is endeavoring to raise the University membership to one thousand...