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There has been a great deal of comment on war memorials for soldiers and sailors. The people of the country are ready and willing to spend large amounts in some way fitting to honor the men who have accepted the cell to the colors. Under the present conditions, however, there is only one effort on the part of the people which would be proper in any sense of the word. The men returning from abroad or some home camp have no desire to parade as heroes. They all made a distinct sacrifice upon entering the service. They now want...
Colonel Robert C. F. Goetz, field artillery, arrived in Cambridge yesterday morning to make preliminary arangements for the establishment of an artillery unit at the University. He conferred with President Lowell, Dean Yeomans, and acting-dean C. N. Greenough, but would not comment for the present on the intended unit. "After I have become more acquainted with the situation here I shall be glad to discuss my plans," said Colonel Goetz yesterday to a CRIMSON reporter, "but all I have to say now is that I am very enthusiastic about the prospects of organizing an artillery unit at Harvard...
Although General Wood would not comment on any plans for further military work at the University, he did praise the former R. O. T. C. very highly...
...comment of Premier Clemenceau's paper, L'Homme Libre, is doubtless M. Clemenceau's own, and it goes to the heart of the terrible matter on the Marne. It was impossible to defend the north, the coast, and Paris with equal strength. The coast, for the most essential strategic reasons of the Alliance, had to be defended at all costs. The result was that the thinly held line of the Alone was broken through by a German force which outnumbered the British and French on that line...
When the military courses for the present year were announced last fall, there was much comment when it was discovered that Military Science 1 was to count only as a half course, whereas Military Science 2 was to be equivalent to a whole course. The minimum of five hours per week was proclaimed for both courses and this minimum has in each case been exceeded during the year. The two courses have always been considered of equal importance; the only difference has been that one is elementary and the other somewhat more advanced. Why, therefore, should not the members...