Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...speech before the Post, Brigadier-General D. E. Nolen spoke on the "Spirit of the A. E. F." and offered special tribute to Colonel James Andrew Shannon, sometime commander of the Harvard...
...spirit of the A. E. F.,; he said, "is a combination of the spirit of devotion to duty, of the spirit of valor, and of the spirit of sacrifice; furthermore, it is my belief that Colonel J. A. Shannon exemplifies, more than any other officer I met in France, this spirit. While in command of the 109th and 112th Divisions he displayed extraordinary ability of leadership; he was always calm and resourceful and a great inspiration to his officers and men. In his loss the Americans lost one of the most brilliant of its young officers...
...English poet in a recent interview for the CRIMSON on the relation between the world war and poetry. "Every young man could, if he would, write verse, but heretofore he has been ashamed of it. The poet has been considered too aesthetic and not in keeping with the spirit of healthy athleticism. But the world has changed affairs considerably. Usually before a man went into battle he wrote a semi-hysterical 'death-letter' to send away. But he also wrote a letter to himself,--a sort of diary--which took the form of verse. Then again in the long waits...
...Shannon Post meeting in the Union; election of officers: Colonel D. E. Nolen will speak on "The Spirit...
...Spirit of the A. E. F." will be the subject of the General's speech tonight. General Nolen, who now has the peacetime rank of a Lieutenant-Colonel, achieved distinction in France both as a line officer and as a staff officer. The most important work accomplished by General Nolen in France was the establishment of the Department of Military intelligence...