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Since the outbreak of war, 18 educational institutions have had to discontinue athletics, 22 colleges out of 26 have eliminated pre-season coaching and 23 out of 26 have cut down their training-table. The three who continued the practice reduced the cost greatly...
...Bacon, who succeeded Elihu Root as Secretary of State under President Roosevelt, and later served as ambassador to France, was elected a member of the Corporation in 1912. At the outbreak of the war he volunteered his services to the Government for the duration of the war and is now in France as a member of General Pershing's staff, holding the rank of major. The other members of the Corporation are President Lowell, Treasurer C. F. Adams '88, Dr. H. P. Walcott '58, Major H. L. Higginson '55, T. N. Perkins '91 and Bishop W. Lawrence...
...Holyoke House, has been secured to fill temporarily the position in the University School for Ensigns left vacant by the death of Lieutenant E. F. Greene. This officer received his training at the Naval Militia School in Boston and was commissioned in the fall of 1916. Upon the outbreak of war last spring, he entered active service and was detailed as executive officer on the U. S. S. Dupont...
...College, as elsewhere, the outbreak of war dwarfed all other events of the year. The College work had, however, been hampered earlier by two incidents which, in ordinary times, would be regarded as serious,--namely, the epidemic of infantile paralysis along the Atlantic Coast and the military service of many of our students on the Mexican Border. Several colleges retarded their opening because of the epidemic. It is a satisfaction to report that the decision of the Harvard authorities to open on time, made after careful deliberation and upon expert advice, was vindicated. Only one student contracted poliomyelitis throughout...
...decision of the H. A. A. to lend its support to the formation of a rifle team this winter is a truly important one. In previous years the rifle team was the least of minor sport organizations, and existed without official recognition from the athletic authorities. The outbreak of the war was necessary to bring more forcibly to the minds of these authorities the value of such an organization...