Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...meeting of the University Debating Council last evening, the following officers were elected to take the place of those men in war service. President, Lowell Brentano '18, of Orange, New Jersey; Vice-President, David Davis '18 of Pueblo, Colorado; Secretary, William Prosser '18, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and provisional manager and treasurer, R. S. Tucker '18, of Arlington...
...sudden outburst of indignation from some of our regular army in France against the presence of able-bodied men in the ambulance and other non-combatant branches of services in the war raises the question--is it right that such men should choose minor services rather than take the more exacting and dangerous work of the front trenches...
Additional information regarding the third series of officers' training camps to be held from January 5 to April 5 has been obtained from the War Department in Washington by the CRIMSON. To these camps, which are primarily for enlisted men of the Regular Army, National Guard and National Army, 2490 graduates and undergraduates of 73 colleges and 20 military schools, which have earned recognition because of military training conducted under Army officers during the past ten years, will be admitted. The University has been assigned a quota of 56 men. Graduates and undergraduates of these institutions, however...
...selected to attend from these institutions will be required to enlist for the duration of the war and if after completing the three months course they are not recommended for commission, they will be required to remain in the service and finish their enlistment. While students they will receive the pay and allowances of 1st class privates. Those who successfully complete the course and are recommended, will be carried on a list as eligible for appointment as 2nd lieutenants and will be commissioned in order of merit as vacancies occur...
...local committee of the National Security League has expressed the desire that a large delegation from the University be present at the "Win the War Meeting" in Tremont Temple at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. Its purpose will be to arouse national enthusiasm and a closer interest in the war. The Hon. John L. Bates is to preside, and Governor McCall will speak. The other speakers are the Hon. James M. Beck of New York and Dr. John Douglas Adam. Mr. Beck is the author of "The Evidence of the Case" and other war documents. Dr. Adam has been...