Word: wars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...President and Fellows of Harvard College, at their meeting Monday morning voted to follow the recommendation of the Faculty that a degree honoris causa should be given those who were in war service and have completed three-fourths of the work normally required. The vote was that: "Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Honoris Causa for honorable service in the war be given to students who shall have completed at least three-fourths of the requirements for those degrees and who, owing to military service have been unable to complete the entire course...
...Hunnewell, secretary of the Corporation, explains that this includes men of all classes who have been engaged in war service. A Sophomore or Junior, for example, who was in the service may receive one of these two degrees when he shall have completed three-fourths of the required work. It is not requisite that a student have finished three-fourths his course before entering the service, but upon the completion of this amount he is entitled to apply for one of the two degrees, honoris causa. These degrees are not the regular A.B. and S. B. degrees: the "Honoris Causa...
...before dawn. If this nocturnal performance is necessary to the health and happiness of the ensigns, why cannot a more auspicious site be chosen for it? There are a dozen places in or near the Yard that could be selected with better consideration for the comfort of others. The war being over the students see no merit in the continued sacrifice of rest on their part, and since a change in the scene of activities cannot be deteriorative to the performance in any degree, they feel that their cause is just and should have prompt attention...
...lore of the past and directed them into the paths of the future. When the call came for men to defend this home, the young lions did not fail. 7,523 set behind them their personal desires. They left comforts and opportunities to face the most gigantic war which modern science could produce. They did not wait until convenience allowed them to go. They left the instant necessity called them. Since 1914 Harvard has bid her sons God-speed on this great adventure...
Problems and Issues of the War, (2 hours...