Word: august
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Class Day Spread, held on June 18, and conducted along the same lines as in previous years; about 200 were present. The Hut and Canteen for the Naval Radio School were operated with notable success by the Association under the supervision of A. Beane, the retiring graduate secretary, until August, when the work was taken over by the Y. M. C. A. In addition to this it should be added that Brooks House itself was used as a Hostess House, Information Bureau, and reading and writing room for all men in army or navy uniform until February of this year...
...Military and Naval Aid" were numerous and large. The Y. M. C. A. Hut at the Naval Radio School, which had been doubled in size and operations since the last treasurer's report, cost $213.91 to be maintained from June 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, to August 1, when it was taken over by the National Y. M. C. A. During the summer $255.61 was expended on stationery and entertainment for the R. O. T. C. in the Cambridge barracks and at Camp Thayer...
...behalf of all members of the University, the Association turned. Brooks House into a Hostess House and Information Bureau for all men in service. It also conducted a hut and canteen in connection with the Naval Radio School, until the Y. M. C. A. took over the work in August. During the autumn it fitted up the Speakers' Club as a canteen for S. A. T. C. men, and provided entertainment of a high order in weekly plays given by the 47 Workshop in the Hasty Pudding Theatre. About $40,000 was collected from...
Love left College in the fall of 1917 to enlist in the Marine Corps, and was sent to Paris Island for his training. In April, 1918, he was made a corporal, and was promoted to sergeant in August. At the battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in the Champagne Sector, early in October, Love was severely wounded. It is believed that Love's death was the result of these wounds, or that he returned to duty and was killed at Sedan...
Major Kenneth Pepperrell Budd '02 of the 308th Infantry has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by General Pershing. Major Budd's citation reads as follows: "For extraordinary heroism near Ville Savoye, France, August 16. 1918. Although Major Budd's post of command was subject to continuous and concentrated gas attacks, and despite the fact that he was severely gassed during the bombardment, he refused to be evacuated, remaining for three days to superintend personally the relief of his battalion and the removal to the rear of the men who had been gassed...