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...Society wishes to announce again this year that the office of First Marshal is a purely honorary one, given to the man who in the opinion of the Society is its first scholar; and that the Secretary is the sole executive officer...
...direction of a man-long identified with Harvard--A. Platt Andrew, and more than fifty other Harvard men are serving or have served in this branch of work. At present there are over 150 motor-cars in the field service, which has won by its efficiency the distinction of sole charge of the transport of wounded in two important sectors of the line. One American section as a whole and nearly a score of American drivers have won the coveted decoration--the Croix de Guerre--which France gives for courageous and brilliant service. During its existence of fourteen months...
...wisdom of that advice is as profound as is our interest in the subject. (Was there ever a Freshman, for instance, not guilty of writing on "My Purpose in Life," while in English A, where his sole purpose was to avoid...
Women, the war, athletics, and personalities comprise the range of subjects. Among the first named, virtue is apparently unknown. The weaker sex is subject to slandering remarks whose sole aim is to fill a gap in the conversation. When the talk wanders to the war, someone says "I hope those damned ------ get licked," and the subject is closed. Even on athletics where the interest is keenest, desultory remarks and blasphemies on Yale are the main element. Interspersing everything are biting personalities on another's physical or mental qualities. A tone of affected cynicism crowns the whole...
...Maxim is the inventor of "maxi-mite" and of numerous other explosives and ordnance improvements. He is at present heavily interested in this work. Is there no connection between this fact and the free distribution of a work, the sole purpose of which is to advise a radical increase in military equipment? Is it significant that this book, prepared and distributed at great expense to the author, should contain in its first chapter a vigorous and lengthy assertion that "private manufacturers of war materials should be encouraged by the government"? If Mr. Maxim's motives are above question...