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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...congratulations from President Kaempf of the Reichstag, said: "I begin a serious and decisive year." The world did not know before that the Kaiser openly admitted the gravity of his situation. In the rest of his response, it is true, the Kaiser speaks in a different vein, but seven words of truth forced their way out among sentences of sham for public consumption. The Allies have tried to make things serious the decisive for over three years now, but Teutonic organization has made their game a slow one. This year, of all times, with the United States working in accord...
...Yale-Harvard Freshman relay race, scheduled tentatively for a week from today, has been definitely settled for that date by word received from the Yale track management. The race will be a part of the B. A. A. annual indoor championships in Mechanics Building, Boston, which are held each year on the first Saturday of February. Coach Donovan has already selected five men from whom to choose the four who will run against the New Haven team. They are D. F. O'Connell '21, captain of the 1921 cross-country team last fall, C. A. Page '21, A. W. Douglass...
...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...
...additions have been made to the staff of military instructors at Princeton University. Word has been received by President Hibben from French Ambassador Jusserand that Lieutenant Defourmestraux of the French Army will be detailed to the Princeton Battalion, as an instructor, beginning his duties the first week of the second term. In addition, a Canadian officer and a United States Army sergeant of the Ordnance Department have been ordered to report for service with the university corps, and they, in conjunction with the French lieutenant, will assist in the training of the student soldiers...
...Word has been received by Major Flynn from Adjutant General McCain at Washington stating that the names of any men in the "second-year advanced course" who are drafted into military service may be sent by the commanding officer of the R. O. T. C. to the General's Office and those men who are qualified will be sent to one of the training schools for officers conducted by the Government. In this way, students who are in Military Science 2 can remain in College throughout their course without fear of being drafted into the army as privates. This order...