Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-31
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
HAS fine WAR HONOR ROLL
Enormous Percentage OF Killed in
Casualty Lists Went Out From
Classic Walls.
SOLDIERS FILL THE STREETS
Thousands of Troops Still CHARTERED
in College Town, Although Num-
hers of Regiments Have Already
Crossed Water.

Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.l
CAMBRIDGE. ENG. May 30.--As far
| as Cambridge is concerned in this ter
rible war. the outstanding fact is the
enormous percentage of killed in the
casualty list OF our members. Since
the last issue of the Cambridge Re-
view. month ago. the roll of honor
has registered 1l6 casualties: of these.
sixty-six are killed. forty-two wound
ed and eight either prisoners or miss
ing.
The Cambridge Review has published
a complete war list" containing the
names OF all Cambridge men who are
serving. The fourth edition will con
tain nearly 5000 names. Four of the
English officers. who have been placed
under arrest in Germany as Il 'repri-
SAL" are Cambridge men.
It is invidious 10 select from those
who are gone. but word must he said
about Rupert Brooke. one OF the very
few poets who has. ny his brilliant som
nets. risen from the present crisis.
When he came up from Rugby his repu-
tation had already preceded him. He
helped in publishing poems in the Cam
bridge Review. and his first contribu-
ton. The Call hefalded n new and
powerful writer.
No man was more certainly marked
out as the future occupant of the chair
Of English literature, TO he attained ny
brilliant achievement All these hopes
lie buried in the grave At l.emnos. and
nothing remains but the prose and
verse. the example OF his sacrifice. and
| the memory OF his perfect human
charm.
The narrow streets Of Cambridge.
hehGed about with empty lodging
houses and lined by empty colleges
arc filled with soldiers. We have still
many thousands of troops here. and,
although number of regiments have
crossed tho water since last term.
others have taken their place. on all
hands one hears that the behavior OF
the soldiers is excellent. and as far as
personal observation goes, this verdict
| is true The activities OF the Officers
Training Corps arc undated.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTIONS
GOES CONTINUOUSLY On
The work OF the corps this term is
as before, twofold. There is the school
OF instruction. 10 which 200 young Off
GERS AT time are sent for a months
course before joining their battalions
! in Tho new armies. These courses have
gone OH continuously since December
m"a II T ,or an lkeiy tha will be
CORPS has also still between 200 and 800
J cadets of it's own--the remnant Of the
( $50 viii" we're on the roll in October
| last. The others have obtained com
! missions.
I ono of the hy-products Of the war is
a great increase in the number OF stu
dents who are now learning Russian;
I and the university is grateful to the
/ FishmonEcrs' Company. which has
agreed TO renew its grant of $3.50 per
/ annum to tho university for the pur-
J pose OF providing instruction in this
/ language.
/ Several colleges now include Russian.
/ Spanish and Italian as subjects on
which entrance scholarships may he
q "ardcd. ON the other hand. so many
OF the younger dons are away at the
| front that III some classes the univer-
sity has had recourse TO tho Very Capa-
bic lecturers of the womens COLLEGES
some OF whom are for the first time
lecturing in the older college lecture
rooms.
As was the case during the last two
terms. there vii! he no official games
The treasurer OF the Cambridge Uni
vcrsity Cricket Club has announced
that there will he no cricket matches.