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Once more the war has been brought home to the University, and this time with more force and power than ever before. The War Records show that the number of Harvard men who have sacrificed their lives is steadily and rapidly growing. We cannot read the University's roll of honor without that intense and personal sorrow which alone can make us fully realize the great duties we will have to perform, and the great sacrifices we shall have to bear...
Additions to Honor Roll...
...names of those who have been added to the University's roll of honor since October, 1917, are: William H. Cheney '20, killed in an airplane accident in France, January 20, 1918, while a member of the Lafavette Escadrille. Edwin Sequin Couch, uC '16-17, accidentally killed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in February, 1918. William S. Ely '17, killed in an airplane accident in France, January 2, 1918. Richard C. Fairfield '21, killed while engaged in ambulance work in Italy, January 26, 1918. Ezra C. Fitch, Jr., '05, died of pneumonia, October 13, 1917, while a member of the Black...
...change in his attitude. The University will be made up to a greater extent of men who realize that they are enjoying both a privilege and a duty by continuing their education. That the basis for such a class of earnest students already exists, is proved by this scholastic roll of honor...
...total of 46 lives is the University's offering to the Great War since the time when the European powers began the mobilization of their armies back in 1914. The roll of honor includes former members of the College, the Graduate Schools and the Faculty. Of the 46 who sacrificed their lives, 25 were killed in action, all but one of whom were serving in the allied armies. Among the other several died from wounds received in battle while four went down with the Lusitania...