Word: understood
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Thomas William Lamont '92, of New York City, has been selected by the Secretary of the Treasury as one of the two financial advisors of the American delegation at the Peace Conference. It is understood that Mr. Lamont has been asked to proceed as promptly as possible to Paris and thence to Spain and Belgium to advise in regard to the armistice conditions in conjunction with Marshal Foch and Admiral Browning. Mr. Lamont has assisted the Federal Government during the war at frequent intervals in an unofficial capacity, especially in matters of international finance...
...exact nature of the work of the two financiers is not yet known, but it is understood that they will take up the duties left by O. T. Crosby, Assistant Treasurer of the United States, who has returned to this country. They will probably also assist in the disbursement of the European Food Relief Fund...
...concentration of all field work and drill in the summer, with only classes during the rest of the year. It is also more than probable that guns and caissons will find a place in the Harvard Regiment, and that "Left two zero, down five, three thousand" may be understood by the future undergraduate. These plans must be formulated slowly, carefully, with a view to changing conditions, and it would be unwise to attempt to put them into effect before fall...
...lateness of the season, the destruction of the Boston arena, and the situation at the other universities. He also declared, however, that the re-establishment of a regular base ball team was "very probable," and although he expressed no opinion in regard to crew and track it is understood that they will be resumed as usual...
...understood that smaller tracts of land are also available for the camp, although it would be advantageous to have all the buildings together on the Common, thus forming a unit with the present quarters of the school...