Word: williams
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...examinations which will give them their commissions. The formal award, however, will not take place until February 11, when the graduation exercises will be held in Sanders Theatre. The speakers on this occasion will be Captain James P. Parker '96, N. N. V. commandant of the school, captain William Rush, commandant of the Boston Navy Yard, and President Lowell...
...arrangements for Professor Schofield's appointment were completed some time ago. When the death of his stepson, Lieutenant William Halsell Cheney, of the class of 1920, occurred last week, it was feared that Professor Schofield might withdraw from the engagement. Both he and Mrs. Schofield, however, were unwilling to have him abandon his undertaking, because they felt it to be an opportunity for public service. In addition to the University appointment, on his trip through the West he will act as the representative of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, of which he is president, and of the National Security League...
...insignificance beside those words of the Emperor of the Germans. Coming from him, they are more reassuring than many bellowings of his people. Official word is had that the Magnifico of Potsdam sees the possibility of the beginning of the end. It is far from a certainty, but that William II is becoming worried is some relief. Of course Wiliam would not wish his mesage to be so construed, but one should be able to pick out a grain of truth from a maze of sophistries...
...brief announcement from General Pershing of the death of Lieutenant William Halsall Cheney brings with it a new realization of the sacrifice that America has already made for the peace of the world. There is a daily lengthening list of the best and strongest of our young men who have given their lives. Of these is William Cheney. At the declaration of war he enlisted immediately in the Aviation Service, for which he had begun his preparation while a boy at St. Mark's School, a year before the war began. Though only a Freshman in Harvard College, and below...
Word has been received of the death of Lieutenant William Halsell Cheney '20, a member of the American Aviation Corps serving in France. A cablegram sent by General Pershing announces that the death was due to a collision of airplanes last Sunday over an aviation school maintained by the American Government behind the lines. Lieutenant Cheney was 21 years of age, and previous to his enlisting in the national service lived in Peterboro, N. H. In the same accident two other men were killed, Lieutenant Oliver P. Sherwood of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Private George A. Beach of Fort Collins...