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HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Frederick S. Mead. editor OF the Har-
ward War Records, offers some interest
ing comparisons on Harvard participa-
ton In the present war and the civil
war. In communication to the Har-
ward Bulletin he states:
AN editorial In your issue Of Septem-
Der 26 makes the statement that the
number of names on the Roll of Honor
in this war now exceeds the number Of
men concentrated in Memorial Hall.
This statement Is quite true, and sug-
gests that the following may be OF in
terest to Harvard men:
''In 1860 the number OF living Harvard
graduates was between 400 and 1900.
To this number should be added the
temporary students OF non-degree hold
ers who were still alive; their number
Is uncertain, but can be roughly approx
mated. About quarter OF the living
graduates and temporary students, or
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RIvERDALE COUNTRY SCHOOL

A plan to encourage thrift in the first
few weeks of it's operation has ELECTED
the enthusiastic support of the boys OF
the Riverdale Country School. New York
city. 1t embraces the award Of thrift
honors every Monday morning. These
hOnors are given to a student In each
class who during the preceding week
has shown the greatest care for his per-
sonal property. including books. sta
tionery and athletic clothes, and as well
for the school property. A thrift stamp
is given TO the winners. and honorable
mention made of the by who 10 consid-
cred next best.
BY this means the ordinary waste of
stationery by the scratching Of few
lines on a sheet Of paper or OF text books
by marring has been practically stopped
These seems a keener consciousness than
ever before that waste of any kind Is a
direct means of prolonging the war. and
these thrift honors emphasize the virtue
Of care.
An interesting practice upon which
tho opening school has entered Is the
adoption OF a military system as n
means of discipline and courtesy. The
whole upper school Is organised into q
battalion OF two companies. with a full
set OF officers In each. These officers
now march the CLASSES to and from
recitation and TO the dining room. The
habit of salutes and proper attention Is
also becoming ingrained. The differ
ence in posture, in carriage and In es-
sential courtesy Is really noticeable.
All of this work is under the direction
Of Capt. Francis q. Hubbard Of the New
York State Military Training Commits
sion, who has two hours OF military
drill each week with the upper school.
Daniel Overton, centre and guard OF
the Lafayette football team Of 1877, has
becoma assistant physical director In
chargS OF the second football squad.
This is the first year in which the school
has played American football through
out. and accordingly few games will be
played with outside teams. but within
tho school itself the sport 10 Affording
the greatest pleasure.
The five new tennis courts have been
completed and put into Use. Tourna-
ments were held Saturday. October D..
The lower school tournament was won
by Herbert Howard and the upper school
by Herbert MoAneny. The prizes were
thrift stamps.
The relief committee of the school.
which constitutes the officers Of the
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sity OF languages as an instrument of
commerce Is clearly emphasized In his
following words:
THE economic strength of n nation
does not depend only upon its productive
capacity. but also and especially upon
the ability of its business men to sell
that product and to act 80 as to con-
tinually increase both production and
demand.
'"rhe United States of America for the
last four years has been going through
a Crisis Of prosperity without equal in
the commercial history OF a nation. Is II
because American business men have
achieved their results? Have they gone
to Europeans to sell their products?
Have they sent representatives to Paris,
London, Rome and Petrograd? No.
Not at all. The Europeans came to
America and brought their money here.
The enormous prosperity OF this country
Is not due to American effort toward
that goal, but simply resulted from a
chance that made America the only
market to which the world could come
to supply its needs.
THE American business men should
have an exact understanding of the sit
uation and not be content to sleep on
their laurels. as the Romans said in
their flgurative speech.
ut is of great Importance that the
commerce of this country be backed by
business army to man the economic
trenches after the war. The end is not
very far now and 1t is necessary to act
at once
THE French market can absorb every
thing that may be sent to It. France
and her colonies represent 100000
lnhabitants-that is to say. almost
three-quarters of the population of the
United States-and these 100000 peo-
pie need a great variety OF raw products
and manufactured articles.
where lies the road to success? The
miserable Boches. alas. have proved TO
US that the best way of penetrating an
alien country is to approach that coun-
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600 toward the expenses OF canteen
unit OF ten members. The alumnae
fund amounts to s22,32s.26, the fund
raised by the students at vassar last
spring to $13.146.47. and members of
the unit contribute $50 each to the ex-
penses. The unit committee has there
fore elected ten members for each unit.
so that at present the numbers are full,
with the, exception of the fact that a
doctor n stili needed to 30 with the
Red Cross unit.
The membership Of the two units fol-
lows:
Red Cross-Margaret Lambie. vassar
1907. director. New York city; Ida
Agnes Little. Vassar 1906. secretary
Pasadena, CAL; Marion Rose Meyers
1910, dietitian. Rochester. N. Y; Ethel
NJ. Riddle, 1905, head social worker. st.
Louis, Mo-. Helen c. Bradheld, 1906.
social worker, Cleveland. Ohio; Ruth
Crlppen, 1904. social worker. Rochester,
N. Y; Ruth Cutler, 1919. social worker,
St Paul. Mimi; Helen l. Haight. 1898,
social worker. New York city; Gertrude
Hodgman. 1919, nurse, Saratoga Springs.
NJ Y; Elinor Pruden, 1912. social work.
or. Brookline. Mass. Ruth futile, 1913.
social worker. Hornell, N. Y.
Canteen-Elizabeth r. Van der veer,
Vassar. 1905. leader. Somerville. N. ]. ;
Dorothea Gay. 1911, New York city
Laura c. Hickox, 1905. Washington,
Conn. Anne Howson, 1907. New York
city; Elizabeth Maltby, 1915. New York
city: Elisabeth Page. 1919, New York
city; Mary c. Prizer, 1910. East Orange,
N. j.; Gertrude Valentine, 1919. Albany,
n. Y; Mrs. Emily Ward (Mrs. STAN
ley). 1906. Bronxville. N. Y: Irma
wsterhouse. 1914. New York city.
Vassar's Fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign 10 to begin to-day and will con-
tinue until the following Saturday. Vol
unteer stump speakers were called for
from the senior, Junior and sophomore
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CLASON MILITARY ACADEMY.

At Clason Point Academy. Clason
Point. New York city, last Sunday after
noon on responding to assembly call the
students gathered in the music hall and
were delighted to meet a young French
pfficer who had just come from the Amer
lean trenches. This officer. Lieut.. eau
thler. entertained the boys for an hour
with vivid and interesting account Of
personal incidents In the great war.
On a large, portable blackboard he drew
rapidly and skilfully a diagram of the
trenches and then 30 clearly explained
their object and the manner Of going
over the top as to fascinate his youthful
listeners. According to the Lieutenant
the maze Of entangled wire, dugouts and
trenches sometimes extended back over
vast fields. across hills and valleys to a
istance Of ten miles. Great suffering, he
said, had TO, be endured from hunger
and fatigue; soldiers had to take des-
perate chances and many fine young
fellow fell on the battlefield to rise no
more. Again he asserted that the le-
gions from America had revived the
courage Of the French and English and
turned the tide 'of victory. With the
aid OF United States troops Lieut. Gau-
thier predicted that France and Eng
land will surely conquer the Germans.
Lieut.. Gauthier is a member of the
Institute of the Brothers OF the Chris
tian Schools. being known in the class
room as Brother Dositheus. He has
come to the United States at the request
Of our Government to give American
soldiers special instruction in handling
the machine gun.
In the fourth year of the high school
there was much excitement at the last
regular meeting OF the Azarias Literary
Society on account OF the election Of
officers for the ensuing scholastic year.
The voting showed William G.. How
ard, president; William Dwyer. vice.
president; Victor Costas. secretary (;
Thomas Mclaughlin, critic. At the
meeting II was determined to arrange
plans for conducting q Cercle Francois
These plans are to be evolved by COM
mittee of the society and will AFFORD the
linguists an opportunity to practise
French conversation.
A short interval only had elapsed
after the return of the students from
their vacation when the st. AnBelm's
baseball nine challenged the Clason Car
dinals to play n series Of three games
to decide the supremacy. The challenge
was readily accepted and after each club
had won a game. an Intensely exciting
struggle. the rubber. was played on the
academy diamond, and when the last
man war out the score showed that the
CardinxsS were defeated, IL to z. A
much heavier and older team of boys
from the same place, St. Anselrd's. came
out to the. academy a week later to take
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TINE need OF special courses in for
eign commerce in our schools and
colleges Is occupying the atten-
ton Of many professional educators
throughout the country, and is the sub
Ject OF much discussion among business
men whose interests are closely centred
on oversee trade. There seems TO be no
difference Of opinion as to the value
of such q course OF study, but there is
much that is extremely vague, II not
Impractical. In the suggeations that have
been made regarding the nature of the
studies that may be deemed necessary
TO lit q young man TO specialize in ex-
port and import trade, or moro definitely
to make him OF real immediate value
to business houses engaged In foreign
trade.
Several colleges have Incorporated a
foreign trade course in their curricula
but many OF such courses have either
not met all the supposed requirements
or have not proved sufficiently popular
with the student body to warrant their
continuance.
The fact is that there seems to be no
very definite idea concerning what is
particularly essential In a foreign trade
course, that is not essential In any busi-
ness course, nor to what degree It should
differ from one intended to give the stu
dent a general business education.
We are told OF the efficiency OF the
German method Of education. The Ger
mans for decades have been viewing for
eign trade as profession" says one
writer. "The German export manager
and foreign trade commissioner has not
had to learn all Of his foreign trade de-
tails after he has reached his position,
He learned the elements OF foreign
trade In his early school days He has
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Americas Chance Is
Described by Frenchnan

NNE Of the accompaniment to this
country's awakening 20 world po-
siton is the deluge Of self-criti-
cism particularly aimed at our hitherto
laggard steps In the competitions of for
eign commerce. So oft repeated has 1t
been that we may be tempted to lose
patience under the castigations and arise
to protest. True, the far seeing leaders
OF national interests are In most in
stances beyond the need of prodding; in
fact, II is they who are presenting to
their fellow countrymen a new vision (;
but Americans in the mass have far
from overcome the national traditions
OF self-sufflciency and unconcern for in
terests abroad, although the constructive
part which America is destined to play
In world affairs has superseded the in
junction Of Washington. wise In his time.
against "entangling alliances"
Shouting from the housetops'' must
continue until the whole nation is
aroused. and In the meantime those al
ready convinced may console themselves
in the knowledge that, while our past
insularity deserves rebuke. this appar-
entity repetitious advice IL practical
favor rather than mere fault finding.
Let us extend to the European the
courtesy OF advising us, even to the point
OF disclosing ,disagreeable truths, for he
generally makes some pertinent observa-
lions. When a Frenchman Is speaking
the truth is characterlstically clothed in
graciousness of statement.
NJ. Henri Wilfrid Grosjean is a
Frenchman who is here to teach French
and is now one of the faculty of the
Language Institute, atop the Tribune
Building. Besides his accomplishments In
linguistry NJ Grosjean has experienced
the vicissitudes of a commercial traveller
in many parts of the world. including
Russia and the Far East 1t Is not only
as a patriotic Frenchmau that he mem
tions the Boches but as business man
who knew their methods at first hand
long before the war. The obvious neces-
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MASSACHUSETTS, TECH.

About 800 students have already reg
istered for the s. A. T. c. at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. All
academic work will begin Monday at
o'clock. The great majority OF the stu
dents already enrolled have been counted
and sorted. assigned to their cots. or
bcrths and started in the career as SOL
diers or sailors. The barracks are all
eady and furnished. and to-day at break
fast the great mess hall was opened
for the first time. The army unit has
required most OF the corridor space Of
two or three floors in the library build
Ing. and to give more room the naval
unit has taken up Its quarters In the
civil engineering building In the Offices
recently vacated by tho Military School
Of AeronauticsL
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MOUNT HOLY0KE COLLEGE.

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass, Oct 1.-THE
number OF influenza cases at Mount Hol-
yoke College is rapidly decreasing. and
those girls who are sick have only mild
forms OF the disease. In every way,
conditions are greatly improved.
The Red Cross play mo Tritlng
With Love-" will be given as had been
planned. in spite OF the quarantine. But
II will. of course. be impossible TO invite
outside guests for the performance. The
play will he given in the open air
theatre on Propect Hill II tho weather
permits.
The influenza epidemic has retarded
the opening OF the war emergency
courses, but now that the academic
work is progressing more rapidly. It is
expected that the emergency courses will
receive more attention.
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latest News Of the Life and
Spirit Within Academic Walls

TN view of the fact that all members
of the s. A. T. c. must be free from
extraneous college activities, the Is
suing Of the weekly Orient at Bowdoin
College, Brunswick Me-, will be In the
hands of men not in the service. Acting
Dean Mitchell and Prof Ham of the
Bowdoin Publishing Company have
called the following editorial board /:
Editor In chief, Crosby e. Redman, al,
Corinna, business manager, Kenneth
Boardman. 81, Augusta; assistant man.
ager, r. Toyokawa. 81. Toxic: associate
editors. Frank A, st. Clair, al, Rock
land John I. Berry. 81, Denmark (;
Roderick Perkins, '21, Bartlett, N. H.:
George E. Houghton, Jr.. al, Natick.
Mass, and Chester e. Clapp. 81, Ran.
dolph. Mass.
Neil L. Daggett, rs, who Is working
with the American Red Cross Ambulance
Corps near the front (being Ineligible
for regular service on account Of defec-
tive eyeslght. has been especially COM
mended by the commanding officer for
continuous day and night work under
sas and shell FIRE In the July offensive.
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WORCESTER ACADEMY.

WORCESTER, Mass, Oct. 12.-worcester
Academy has opened its eighty-nfth
year under a new principal. Samuel Fon
Holmes. NJ A., 10, Wesleyan, who has
been q teacher In the school for eleven
years and master OF the English depart
ment. About sixty more boys are In at
tendance than last year.
The students have started ten various
o organizations. The Christian Association
is under the leadership OF Burton Fisher
OF Gloucester.
The assistant principal, Clifton A.
Fowle. has entered the Army Sanitation
Service, and on his departure from school
was presented by the old students with
gold watch and chain.
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SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES

classes and students were advised to en-
list carly and avoid the draft. Try
outs" for speakers have been going on
for the last few days and to-day the
campaign will open in full swing with
stump speakers on various parts OF the
campus.
The Christian Association has an
nounced that beginning this week the
chapel bells will be rung at half-past
IL daily. This is not 30 much call to
prayer as q reminder to the college OF
events which should furnish daily inspi-
ration.
Because of the lack Of labor this fall
students have been given charge OF cut
ting the grass on the campus and taking
full care Of the hockey fields and the
athletic circle. From twenty to thirty
girls work on the campus every after
noon under the supervision of a head
gardener,
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THE Ave noted British educators
now in this country to strengthen
the bonds between American and
English institutions of learning will at
tend meeting of the Society for the
Promotion Of Engineering Education,
December s and z. at the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology. Boston. Mass.
The meeting 10 to further a closer opera
tton between Great Britain and America
In engineering education.
The party Of British educators M
cludes Sir Henry Jones, professor of
moral philosophy at the University Of
Glasgow: DR.. Arthur Everett Shipley.
vice-chancellor Of the University of CAM
bridge; Sir Henry Alexander Miers. vice.
chancellor Of the University Of Manches-
ter; DR.. John Jolly, professor Of geology
and mineralogy in the University OF
Dublin. and the Rev. Edward Newburn
Walker. senior tutor Of Queens College,
Oxford.
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mount desire to express their deep sor-
row In the irreparable loss they have
sustained by the death OF their dearly
loved spiritual father. friend and bene-
factor. John Cardinal Farley.
AS a permanent testimony OF our
grief and respect we order this minute
to be inscribed in the records and
solemn requiem mass to be annually
celebrated on the anniversary OF the
death of Cardinal Farley"
To the assembled college students the
professors of scripture, sociology, chemi-
cal science. philosophy. Greek and Latin
made each brief address outlining
the course of study for the year, in
citing the students to earnest zeal and
emphasizing tho changed conditions
which will obtain In the future as
result OF the great war.
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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. IA total of
1866 students, including 2.577 collegiate
s. A. T. c. men, 1905 women and 3s4
civilian men have enrolled to date In
the University OF Wisconsin for the new
year. With the arrival OF about 1000
vocational s. 4. T. c. men next week,
the total enrolment will exceed $500.
Late registration will swell the total.
Thus the university enters upon it's
first term as an army training school, at
the same time enrolling more than 1000
civilian students
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junior auxiliary Of the American Red
Cross, are already planning two per-
formances for the Bed Cross; the nrst
VIII be The Mikado." to take place in
January or February. and the second, a
Shakesoearian probation in the spring
on the open air stage. The music for
The Mikado" will be under the direc-
ton OF Jaffrey Harris. musical director
OF the school. formerly professor Of nnu-
sic In the Iowa State College. The dra-
matics will be under Frank Lea Short.
who for many years has had charge of
dramatic work at the school.
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CLASSES FOR DRAFTED MEN.

The Murray Hin Evening Trade
School. 2S7 East Thirty-seventh street.
Manhattan, New York city. offers a
free course in surveying to men in the
se!ective draft. Men who desire to enter
the Engineer Corps should enroll in
this course. The subject studied will
include the use of surveying instru-
ments, land. typographical. railroad and
city surveying and problems in drain
age, sewerage. water supply and road
location. Students may enroll on Mon
day, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday or
Friday evening, between 1880 and 3 80
o'clock.
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WORCESTER POLY.

WORCESTER, Oct. 12-Though the
members OF the S. A. 7. C. and the
naval unit OF the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute were formally indicted In the
army the institute will not open until
Monday, postponement having been or
dered by the War Department on &C.
count OF the influenza epidemic. At the
induction exercises the speakers were
President Ira n. Hollis OF the institute,
Hon. Charles G. Washburn, president of
the board of trustees. and Lieut.. Paul T.
Rothwell. commanding officer of the unit.
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try's people in their own language even
IL speech is confined to tho necessities
of business. What did they accomplish?
They introduced themselves everywhere.
and In lands where thirty years ago they
were utterly unknown their deeds occu-
pied before the war the first and second
place on the statistics OF import.
There Is no doubt that when the war
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TRINITY COLLEGE.

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. 12-The Trinity
College paper. the Tripod, which It was
feared would have TO be given 70 this
year. will be published as usual. and
the board which will get out the first
Issue 10 headed by L. L. Skau of Hart
ford as edttor-in-chief.
The freshman class numbers ninety
three and Is the largest In the history
OF the college
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Various Activities Throughout the Student World

the measure Of the varsity football
eleven. The Cadets had been practising
faithfully for two weeks under the
guidance OF Coach Arthur Kearney. and
rs q result showed their cleverness by
outwitting and outplaying their oppo-
nents all through the game. The final
score stood 81 to o in favor of the
Clason Academy boys.
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Is over the Boche will strive to regain
his former place under the commercial
sun. Is 1t the intent Of the, generous
Americans, who have resolutely thrown
their gold and poured their blood into
the scale of right to save the liberty of
the world. to allow themselves to be
beaten by the Germans in commercial
and economic flelds?''
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INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

BLooMINGroN, Ind. Oct. 12-lndians
University closed at noon Thursday In
compliance with the order OF the State
Board of Health that all schools. col.
leges and public gatherings suspend fol-
ten days as measure against the spread
of Spanish influenza,
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Men will be so seated in the classroom
as to allow Il maximum Of space for
each individual and similar arrange
ments are made in all the sleeping quar-
terS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-11
MuSCAT|NE FIVE
/. TO MEET LOCALS
Down. River Champions Scheduled "
Play Rock Island Independent
Basketball Team.

Roy Mansfield. manager Of the Rock
Island Independent basketball team,
announced Saturday that the local
players would meet the Muscatine
team, acknowledged as the champions
of the country, in battle in Rock
Island around Feb 10.
The exact date has not been decided
on. The entire proceeds from the
game, after deducting expenses, will
be turned over to the local chapter OF
the Red Cross The name that the
Muscatine aggregation has earned for
itself should be big aid in drawing a
crowd to the game. The Muscatine
boys are said to be whirlwinds at the
sport and their meeting Rock Island
boys will show exactly their methods
in handling the leather sphere.
NJ A. Clevett, physical director OF
the local Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and a widely known basket
ball player, will be with the locals
when they meet the down-rivel
champs With Clevett, Tabor, Var
Pelt, Morris, Garlock and Dempsey
probably will be in the lineup. These
boys are predicted to give the Muskies
run for their lives. The player.
have been practicing and playing loca
teams for several weeks and are il
the best of condition for battle will