Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26

are greatly exaggerated. One sees
 more people on the streets than ordi-
 nary, and there are a great many of f1cers in uniform seen in public places.
 There is a shortage of chauffeurs and
 stable boys, and the usual number of street loafers and beggars has quite
 diminished. We think the war has just begun. The realization of it's enor- mousness is just beginning to be felt
 How long 1t will last is hard to say. It
 may continue year, and it may go on
 for IS months; but about a year from
 May they will begin to talk peace. In
 reference to the army, in which Nr NickallS was a first lieutenant, he said: Lord Kitchener's army Is recruited from the best stock of England. There
 are about 1000 Oxford and Cambridge
 undergraduates in the army. These
 men are the best athletes and the
 brainiest men of the two universities.
 Their physical fitness, combined with their ability, makes them excellent leaders. All athletics in the universi-
 ties have been suspended and the row.
 he was extremely interested, has been discontinued.
 Miss Mabel T. Boardnan of the American Red Cross Relief association has received letters of thanks from M
 de Voque, for the French Red Cross
 society, and Cecil Spring-Rice, acting for Sir Edward Grey, representing the British government, concerning the
 automobile ambulances which were
 sent to the Red> Cross relief societies
 of the belligerent countries last month These letters have been forwarded to the Yale Red Cross relief committed
 and were made public last week. In
 the communication from Cecil Spring Rice is rendered the warm apprecia- | tion felt by the British government for
 the sympathy and consideration which prompted the action of the donors. M. de VoQue comments the care and prac- tical intelligence with which the ar
 engagements for the ambulances have been studied and executed. Also in that it every day appears more ap- parent to the entire world how mex
 haustible is the charity of the Ameri- can nation.
 Dr. Frank J. Born, '9s, who for nine
 years has been the medical examiner Of the Yale gymnasium and the Yale athletic association. has been elected to the position of dean of the normal with the Battle Green sanitarium, l Michigan. He will leave here April to take up the work in his new posi- tion. Dr. Born's successor has not yet l been chosen, but his work will be con- tinued during the spring by Dr. An
 derson. Dr. Born was graduated from Yale in the academic class of 1898. In | 1906 he returned to take up the posi- tion of medical examiner for the Yale athletic association. During his stay of nine years he has added greatly to l the efficiency of the physical depart ment of the university. Each year he l has made out prescription book for | every member of the academic fresh
 man class, and in addition he has | measured all of the Shelf freshmen ! who have entered athletics. Last year | a total of 1,07S men were measured, 390 l of whom were freshmen and 502 were men returning for a remeasurement Dr. Born in his work here at Yale has | acquired such high degree of eff | ciency as to gain him a wide reputa-
 tion in the realm of physical education He has been uniformly courteous to l those with whom he has been asso- clated, and will carry away with him 1 the good will of all Yale men who have come under his influence.
 The question of national armament which is at the present time causing considerable agitation throughout the country, was presented to the students of the university this week in it's va | rious phases by two men competent to be authorities on the subject On Mon day evening Oswald Garrison Willard editorial writer and owner of the New York Evening Post, presented the ar gumentS against an increase of the United States army and navy. MT Willard was born in Germany, was ed- ucated in this country and graduated from Harvard in 1892. For the last 20 years he has been an enthusiastic newspaperman and he ranks foremost among the students of current events He offered four concrete propositions
 to take the place of the present mili- l tary provisions against war: First | that there be in addition to the secre- | tary of war secretary of peace; that | $25,000,000 be expended annually in 1 peace negotiations with countries with whom there may be friction; that those
 in charge of the United States foreign affairs be shown that war is the result of a failure in statesmanship; and that l the power to declare war be trans l ferred from the heads of the govern
 ment to the people. On Tuesday even- ing Hon. Augustus P. Gardner, mem
 Der of congress from Massachusetts addressed the university mass meeting
 on The Need of Larger Army and Navy for the United States. MT | Gardner led the recent movement 1T
 congress for increased armament. He graduated from Harvard in 1886, Ina: served three terms in congress, ana l was assistant adjutant general on tht staff of General Wilson during the | Spanish American war. The argu. ments presented by MT. Gardner were highly convincing and were filled witS practical experiences of incidents com. ing to his attention during his term O. office under General Wilson.