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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Wherever there are soldiers there is need for books. From the barracks of Camp Devens to the Y. M. C. A. Huts on the Chemin des Dames front, all must be supplied. Military life is, at times, extremely boresome; our soldiers must have some means of mental relaxation. A Y. M. C. A. Hut bare of books is a dull and uninteresting object; with books an atmosphere of ease and homelikeness is obtained, that seems so good to a tired soldier...
Major General Samuel Storrow Sumner, U. S. A. (retired), of Syracuse, N. Y., second ranking officer of the state of Massachusetts, will be the presiding officer at the debate between the University and Princeton in Sanders Theatre tomorrow night. Thomas J. B. Boynton, United States District Attorney of Boston; Frederick J. Macleod '91, chairman of the Massachusetts Public Service Commission, and the Hon. James H. Vahey, former Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, will be the judges...
...actual work of issuing the books is being done by army chaplains, the Y. M. C. A., the K. of C., the Red Cross and the Y. W. C. A. From base hospitals to billets as near the front-line trenches as possible books are being placed in the hands of our fighting...
...Passaic High School); Clarence Francis Mateyka '21, of Cleveland, Ohio (South High School); Paul Francis Nash '21, of Newton (Newton High School); Chester Dwight Perry '21, of Rockland (Phillips Exeter Academy); Benjamin Isadore Sperling '21, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Wilkes-Barre High School); Harry Starr '21, of Gloversville, N. Y. (Gloversville High School); Emery Johnstone Trott '21, of Lawrence (Phillips Andover Academy); James Norman White, of Arlington (Lake View High School, Chicago...
...series of closely contested bouts the Freshman wrestlers won from the regular M. I. T. team by a score of 14 to 6 Saturday afternoon at the Boston Y. M. C. A. All the matches were decided by decisions, and two required extra periods. The 139-pound and heavyweight bouts were omitted...