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Lieutenant Henry Ware Clarke '16, of Newton, was reported in yesterday's official casualty list as killed in action. He was a second lieutenant in the Machine Gun Company of the 16th Infantry. Obtaining his commission at the first Plattsburg Training Camp, Clarke was one of the first to leave for France, and was with several commands before being finally assigned to the 16th Regiment...
...Memorial Day several names have already been added to the list. It is frankly a contemporary memorial, a current token of recognition, not intended to stand as the University's permanent tribute to its fallen sons. From London a correspondent of the Bulletin has recently written: "At University College yesterday I saw one side of the corridor lined with photographs, four rows deep of graduates and students killed in this war. When one goes the provost writes a letter of sympathy and asks for the photograph. All are framed alike. This is a suggestion. Perhaps Harvard has a better scheme...
...have, since the outbreak of the war, listened to stories published in our newspapers telling of the superiority of one American doughboy to countless numbers of Germans. Yesterday we learned from one of the daily papers that the Americans on the Marne slaughtered one thousand enemy troops and lost but one man. All of which is cheering news, but somewhat ridiculous, and very few educated people can be expected to take much stock in such exaggerated reports...
Announcement was made yesterday be the College Office that the Ensign School of the First Naval District will take over half of Matthews Hall for its summer session which begins on June 18, in order to allow for the increased size of the school, which will then train 300 men. Action to enlarge the school has been contemplated for some time by Lieutenant-Commander Charles B. Lundy, the Commandant. A number of new instructors have been arranged for and adequate classroom space will be provided...
This announcement, made yesterday, was accompanied by a statement that this will probably be the last Class Day held until after the war. The great expense and the very small size of graduating classes have influenced the Faculty against planning for future Class Days. This year's committee therefore wishes to urge that all undergraduates not actively engaged in war service return for the festivities on June...