Word: wars
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Thre hundred and twenty-six University graduates served in the Red Cross according to Eliot Wadsworth '98, chairman of the Red Cross War Council. These men gave practically all their time to work and 201 of them were in foreign service. University men have also been at the head of the most important foreign commissions of the Red Cross-William Endicott '21, in Great Britain; Robert P. Perkins '84 in Italy; and James H. Perkins'98, in France...
...wish to one and all of our fellow-workers in the war a safe return from the scenes of their labors. They have added lustre even to the fame of Harvard; and have forged a new and enduring link in the bonds of loyal regard by which we shall ever be united. Believe me, My dear Mr. President, ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR...
...Haven, Conn. Feb. 6.--William Lauder has been appointed coach of the Yale university baseball team for the base while captain of the Brown University team and was once captain of the New York Giants. He coached. Yale baseball teams for several seasons previous to the war...
Such an idea is not wholly new. Psychology has been working on means for rating the "capacity to learn" of a man for many years. The nianner in which this science has aided the government in judging and placing its men for the great task of war is a noteworthy recommendation of its progress. But as Professor Langfeld points out, the idea is new enough to be unreliable in its present form. However, it has immense possibilities. If a psychological examination were to be made compulsory at the beginning of each year, the facts thus gained together with the University...
...Grand opening day festivity in honor of returned soldiers. Afternoon tea dance, open to ladies, supper at cafe. Selections by Pierian Sodality and Glee Club. All men to be in uniform. Address on "Harvard's Part in the War," by President Lowell. Membership campaign to begin on the spot...