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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Controversies of numerous kinds and of varying importance follow our participation in war. There is at present some discussion as to whether American soldiers and sailors be allowed to wear medals offered by foreign governments. France has given war crosses to those who withstood the first German raid, but the recipients, although appreciating the honor, are warned not to wear them. Instead, they shall evidently be forced to put them in a glass case, under lock and key. No doubt seems to exist that such a prohibition is constitutional. From the point of view of the United States...
...foreseen a few years ago. Literal adhierence to any archaic stipulation may be legally correct, but it may be diplomatically wrong. Our prohibitions, where they are not to our advantage, should not appear to lessen an appreciation of France's gifts. The customary practice among our allies is to wear such medals, and we are expected to follow a similar policy. Let not Frenchmen think that we are indifferent to their highly prized rewards. Although we do not doubt the legality of the discussed restriction, yet we believe it is at present archaic and tactless...
...effect of the war on University athletics is perhaps best shown by figures which have been compiled to show the number of "H" men now in Cambridge. Of the 73 athletes entitled to wear the "H" enrolled in the University last year, only six returned this fall, all of them entering graduate departments except W. B. Snow, Jr., '18, for a time captain of the University informal football team. Snow has since entered the School for Ensigns established at the University, so that there are now no letter men in the undergraduate body...
Last year at this time there were 54 men in the University entitled to wear the "H". No letters were awarded in baseball, crew or track. In football, however, fourteen new "H's" were given out, while five hockey players were rewarded for the first time...
...woman who has knitted two pairs of socks and three helmets for soldiers feels overwhelming need for self-expression and goes out and buys hyacinth blue wool, out of which she fabricates a sweater to wear over her yellow silk. She does not so much express herself as the imp of restlessness that has her momentarily at his mercy...