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Many articles have appeared during the past year revealing the shocking ignorance of college men concerning the progress of the great war. A recent issue of the Independent Magazine makes this statement: "We fear that they have been reading the war news, but have made no effort to understand it." Between the conflicting fires of an English official communication, a Berlin official report, and a French communique, it takes more than an intelligent person to read the news of a single engagement and understand which forces gained the advantage. After a series of attempts to untangle the contradictory statements...
...committee has arranged for several clock-counters, which will indicate the progress of the campaign. These counters, showing the number of men enrolled, will be placed in the windows at Leavitt & Pierce's and the Rendezvous...
...unreliable and sometimes intentionally misleading as to the nature of the news underneath. To compare the history of the war as, written in the headlines of certain American newspapers, with the actual course of events would be an amusing, though profitless, occupation. Second, it is impossible to understand the progress of a campaign without a map of the field of operations. Third, it must be remembered that the date and place at the head of the dispatches are often put on in the office and so cannot be relied upon to indicate the source. Fourth, nearly all the cablegrams coming...
...spectacular exhibit is to be held in the new Technology buildings upon their completion in June. This exhibit, "Fifty Years of Technology," has been arranged under the direction of Mr. J. P. Munroe of Technology, and will attempt to show in display Technology's progress during the last half-century...
Captain Schindel, U.S.A., accompanied the Regiment and was very favorably impressed with the skill shown by individual members. He complimented the Regiment on the marked progress which it had made, and spoke of the valuable contribution which such an organization makes toward American preparedness...