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That Great Britain and France have given their sanction to this step is by this time certain. The attitude of the United States alone remains doubtful. No official statement has yet been issued by the State Department, but it is scarcely too much to say that our Government, if it does not actively oppose the measure, will at least refuse its assent. And this for very good reasons...
...Common Room this evening at 7 o'clock. If sufficient interest is shown, arrangements will be made to secure a coach, and the pool of the Boston Y. M. C. A. on Huntington avenue will be reserved for practice several afternoons each week. The Athletic Association has given its sanction to a Freshman swimming team and will make arrangements for meets with nearby service teams and probably with a Yale 1921 team...
...refusal of that all-magical Government sanction, which was so eagerly, so optimistically, and so long expected, was naturally disheartening, since it seemed to render negligible all effort of men in the Corps. The withdrawal of the Army officers detailed here is another, and a more immediate misfortune. Rumors of other changes, of the detachment of the French Mission, and of radical modifications of the training schedule, however foolish and baseless such rumors may be, have had a sorry effect on the firmness of purpose of many...
...have sent them men and money, have given them Chapman and Prince and Hoskier. Thus far, of course, our help has been individual and unofficial. But now that we are in actual alliance our co-operation will be a thousand times as effective because it has all the sanction of a great Government and a united people. Our soldiers will be able to fight for France without the risk of expatriation. Our money will go directly to the French treasury. And the French Government, in sending these officers to Harvard, is recognizing the official and far stronger bond that...
...also announces a class in practical wireless telegraphy, to be given in conjunction with the R. O. T. C., which will give men who are interested but with experience an excellent opportunity to learn the code and get an actual working knowledge of the service. This class has the sanction and hearty approval of Captain Cordier. Enrollments in the Corps will be taken at the meeting Thursday night and hours for instruction will be arranged, probably on three evenings a week...