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...main part of the exposition covers an area of 75 acres, while auxiliary events, such as the agricultural show, athletic meeting, horticultural show and the international aero show, will be held on fields adjacent to the main ground...
...greatly mitigated-smallpox with vaccine, typhoid fever with chlorination, diphtheria with antitoxin, tuberculosis with an all-round hygienic program, yellow fever with mosquito control, leprosy with chaulmoogra oil, diabetes with insulin. But cancer goes marching on with no apparent check. Indeed, the cancer death rate in the registration area of the United States has risen gradually but steadily until in 1921 it was 86 per 100,000 population, which would indicate that there are in the continental United States about 93,000 deaths a year from cancer, and this is probably 20% below the actual number. This rise...
Major General Andrey Brewster, commanding general of the First Corps Area, who was the principal speaker of the evening, said a few words on the old R. O. T. C. before the war and then expressed his pleasure for the affection and esteem with which the retiring officers are held by the men of the unit. He added that he would endeavor to find men of the highest character to fill the two vacated positions next fall...
Before 15 officers of the First Army Area in Boston, Lieutenant Harry S. Gabriel of Watkins, New York, who is a special graduate student in the University, was yesterday awarded the Distinguished Service Order by General Hersey for extraordinary heroism in skirmishes around Hill 378 in France. Lieutenant Gabriel enlisted at the outbreak of the war as a private, but he was soon promoted to the rank of Sergeant. Receiving an officer's training at Camps Dix and Lee, he was commissioned and sailed for France in August, 1918, moving directly to the front on his arrival there. After...
...after-dinner program, Professor J. L. Coolidge '95 of the Mathematics department will be toastmaster. Major General Andrey Brewster Commanding General of the First Corps Area, will be the leading speaker of the evening. Other speakers on the program are Major Robert Homans, who, acting for Chair man L. P. Marvin, will represent the Visiting Committee of the R. O. T. C. D. B. McCullom '23, who will talk on "What the R. O. T. C. is Today", and the two officers who are leaving...