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...arrangements for Professor Schofield's appointment were completed some time ago. When the death of his stepson, Lieutenant William Halsell Cheney, of the class of 1920, occurred last week, it was feared that Professor Schofield might withdraw from the engagement. Both he and Mrs. Schofield, however, were unwilling to have him abandon his undertaking, because they felt it to be an opportunity for public service. In addition to the University appointment, on his trip through the West he will act as the representative of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, of which he is president, and of the National Security League...
...brief announcement from General Pershing of the death of Lieutenant William Halsall Cheney brings with it a new realization of the sacrifice that America has already made for the peace of the world. There is a daily lengthening list of the best and strongest of our young men who have given their lives. Of these is William Cheney. At the declaration of war he enlisted immediately in the Aviation Service, for which he had begun his preparation while a boy at St. Mark's School, a year before the war began. Though only a Freshman in Harvard College, and below...
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...
...Cheney prepared at St. Mark's School, from where he was graduated to enter the Freshman Class of the University last year. While a member of the first-year organization he played on the football team and served as secretary-treasurer of the Aero Club. His school career was interrupted when he left College to enlist in the Aviation School of the University of Illinois. There he was a student last summer until his summons was received to embark for France...
...Allen, Jr., '21, A. B. Basham Unc, P. L. Cheney '21, J. S. Friedman '21, F. W. Hall '20, F. C. Hanighen '21, G. H. Hood, Jr., '20, R. T. Huntley '21, C. La Farge '20, T. S. Lamont '21, E. W. Little field '21, G. F. Ludington 2L. S. Osgood '20, A. W. Rhodes '21, L. W. Rouda Unc, A. E. Simon H. K. Svenson '21, E. L. Taylor Unc, P. Tishman '21, D. G. Trow Unc, L. S. Vaughan...