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inology
A Telegram from Dr. Maclaurin
Further Details of
States
Course of Study For the New
Student Army Training Corps
"WAR
AIMS COURSE"1 REQUIRED
SHIPBUILDERS MAKE FINE OFFER
At telearam received at Technology'
froinl President Mlaclaurin, wh~o is chairman of the War Education Committee;
sheds a little more light on the lines of
study which are to be taken up in these
colleges which are approved by the War
Department and which. establish a Student Army Training orps.
One of the interesting features of the'
newv line of education is tile requirement,
as an "allied subject" of a W~ar AimsCourse which is 'Lo tak~e three classroom hours a wveeki and six additional:
study hours covering three terms of theyear. This study of the underlying
issues of the war mayr be given by a
course or courses in history, government,
economies, philosophy or modern literaiiture, wvhere these courses are so planned
as in the opinion of the Educational Director to accomplish substantially the
same purpose.
The regular requirements for the S.
A. T. C. wvill include military subjects
for eleven hours a week and allied subjects, forty-five hours. The military subjects are practical instruction, theoreti~cal military instruction and physical
'Training. The allied subjects include leetinue six months.
tures, recitations, laboratory instruction,
September 30th,-the second school of
I-Iand the necessary- preparation. Each
LTnited States Army aeronautical engrihour of lecture or recitation is supposed
neers will be opened, the first school
to require two hours of supervised
Ileaving just graduated thirty men. The
study. This altogether makes a demand
second school is to be laraer in numbers
LAST SQUADRON GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS
for fiftv-thlree 'hours a week and theser
ill include some officers of the
and
E.
GlousL,
Burr,
L
M.
row-W. F..Tewhill, L A. Hallock, R. E. Betini, 0. S. Morrill, R. J. Whitney,
have reference to students of or
courses
'navv six hat ing thus far been enrolled. Left to right-back
kin, R. S. Scofield; middle row-R. W. Dolton, F. H. Brown, H. H. Shirreffs, A. H. Embler, A. S. Damon, P. IK. above the Sophomore grade.
This is a three months' course. intensive,
A.
L.
Jr.,
Bryne,
J.
D.
James,
S.
F.
Gebrath,
L
H.
French, G. E. Mincher, R. E. Porter; front row-J. P. McHugh,
W~hen the studies of an institution
and focussed on the needs of atronautics,
Foley, W. W. S. Alder, C. M. Winter.
form a part of the preparation for the
and the men who constitute it will all
Chemical Warfare Service, the 2\1edical
of them be officers.
closed last Corps,
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the Engineer Corps, the OrdiA third school to be established nwith- THE Technology School of Mqilitary Aeronautics at the Institute was
or other technical branch'
Corps
nance
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is
in Professor Peabodv's department
from
Saturday, and the above picture shows the last squadron to be graduated
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the Service, the C~mmittee on Educaof
anot her croup of courses covering fifdays furlough, after which tion
may authorize a reduction in the
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teen wreeks open to men of Senior grade this ground school. This squadron will be given ten
six hours a
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continue their training. The special military work toprovided
at the Institute or to others of likle the members will be sent to some flying field
the rewveekc instead of eleven,
Cornell
,at
school
ground
the
to
sent
be
will
here
training
now
squadrons
other
substithe
by
good
made
is
duction
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tution of approved technical studies.
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University.
SALUTE TO WOUNDED MARINES
The graduating squadron entered the Institute twelve weeks ago, thirty
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IS NOW NATIONALLY INDORSED I
N-hen thle fall term opens at Teelinolo,?- Oll Septelmber 30th, thlere will
begin at the same a number of the special schools that the Institute is earinm
for in the interests of the Government.
1lle of thIese Wvill11 e a gr011D of sptcial
comlres for graduates or the Naval
AcademlylJ at Annapolis. About thirty
men will be sent to this school for special \\-ork in naval architecture, the
16th,
course beginning on September
prior-to the fall opening of Technology.
It wvill he an intensive school, and for
tlie purposes of furnishing instruction
Professor WV. Hov-gaard will be relieved
of his duties in nasblington temporarily
to resume his work of instruction at
Technology; Assistant Professor IH. H.
AV.IKeit], non lieutenant, U. S. N., will
resume his lectures, and Lieutenant Gilbert S. Tower, U. S. N., 05, will be
detailed from the Charlestowvn Navv
Yard to assist. In addition there w-iill
be an academic faculty in mathematics.
eleetricity and applied meclanies, the
whole uider the direction of Professor
The school will cnC. H. Peabody.
to
strong, but after the series of examinations, only seventeen of the original num-
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TRANSPORT CORPS
W~ounded marines who return from I
There have been several additions since the class entered, how-, CREATE MOTOR
France will 1lnofficially receive a, "sa- ber are left.
A11 the members of the squadron expect to be pilots, although they have Washincgton, D. C:.-The 'WaronDepartlute" from their comrades, whether en- ever.
Monmnent. incorders made public
titled to it by regmulations or not. This1
observers.
for
necessary
subjects
the
of
some
taken
in
change
radical
a
I
announced
day,
enlisted
wbounded
the
1
custo0n of saluting
The subjects which the men have pursued have included radio work, gun- or' animatioII byr creating a motor transmen originiated amon- the marines
themselves and has received the appro- nery, the study of aviation engines, rigging, map-reading, artillery and observa- port corps to take over complete control of all vehicles in the army, fromT
batinn of -MaJ.-Gen. George Barnett, eomtion. Besides the studies there has been considerable drill and gas mask work. bicycles to heavy motor trucks. Thismandant of the corps.
service. formerly a part of the quarterTIlree marines out walking met a prl;
master corps has grown to such proporvate who was hobbling along oni
tions that it nvas found necessary to'
crutches;, having lost a lea in service I
MEN ARE NEEDED FOR
establish it as a separate corps.
The three stopped and sain FIrance.
ARMY ORDNANCE WORK
All equipment and personnel in the
luted. payiincr an instinctive tribute to I
v-ariouls corps, weith the exception of
the wounded *eteran. This was the beis
caterpillar tractors,
anks and
More Experts Are Wanted by the
Lginlling of a custom that is gaining so I
transferred to the new corps, which is,
United States Government
rapidly th,,Lt it was brought to the
Science
Military
of
Professor
THE TECH'S Correspondent
organized bs- Col. Chlarles B.;
attention of Gen. Barnett, who said:
Now Heads Institute S.A.T.C. befic,
Drake, a Graduate of Wuest Point, class
Tells of Show and Dance
'"tis a beautiful tribute to the spirit ot
Thousands of men in dozens of bit i
f 1896, and an officer experienced in
sacrifiee and I readily give my approv- I
manufacturing plants in the metropolial. While no official order will be is. I
U. S. A., re- ]motor transport Mwork. Ev-entuallyr his
Cole,
Tuttle
Edwin
Mlajor
31st
August
On Saturdav eveiiintr
are wvorking at top tired, has been relieved of his post as command weill consist of approximiately
se1d. on the subject, I shall be glad-to ' the students ot the Teclinology
Sum- tan district alone
sec the members of the marine corps mer Cartm gave a Malinstrlel Show and speed for the United States Ordnance Professor of Mlilitary Science at Tech- 50(}o officers and 200.000 men.
The present motor establishment in'
respect to their wounded come .Llance at the town
thllUS swhow
iball at East Ala- Department.
Their product includes noloav- and has been appointed comraio :X
includes many r epair stations,
France
TrainArmv
Student
of
the
nlandant
The boy-s left canimp at v erytlilng front harness to motorshias, .11aine.
ratl~~~~·S.'~~~~
sonle of them operated be from 500 tor
a
is
He
latunch
Institute.
the
at
CoroF
ini(
Thle wounded man will not be expect- tw, o'cloc oi tile Tlte hnolot
run carriages to large caliber
roll
of the U. S. Military i,5oo mechanics andl other skvilled men'
tTles
ed to return the salute, a nod of the (or barge) for the village where
with wlhicl this grradua:te (1SS9)
Tle 'apidity
hells.
thethe
whitl
reh
earsal
Iljt
tlleil
Point, was appointed coach, but the propram of the motor'
West
at
Academys
(an smile or tile mere recognitionielll
orat.
gigantic undertasiign wvas organized andl
of Infantrv in the increased facilities alone these lines.
lieutenant
second
put
las
sl-iow
The
Orchestra.
elhias
be
saluted
beinhe
is
Of file fact that
nut under way, andl the total output
tf- now on the ot her side, and toiltr over. same vear. first lieitenant oif the 6th
on at eililt before a row+dedlliouase.
inl slifficient aelkno-ledgmeynit.
Inifant~r in 1S86, eaptain of the llth WANT BUOY TO MARK SPOT
Ier the overture bv the orchestra. the is reniarklable.
WHERE THE LUJSITANIA SANIC
Star Spaigled Ban;nelr" was sung. Thle
POTASH DEPOSIT FOUND
\Whllen it is realizedl the French fired Infantrv in 1899, and the next vear
fit
Infantry.
Gth
the
to
trliliferred
wvas
tile sinincr of app'"roximately 60,000,000 shells duurim,
certain arose w ith
The Merchant Service heview- the orby tile th six moultlhs' sieve of Verdun, an(l 1S99 lie wvas promoted to major and in
Fires Burniln
the Hom kle
flom thev-Keep
\\oOld' has been reeciv-el
he
of the PBritisll merchbnt marine. has
1911,
gan
August.
In
retired.
was
1911
Tile
orchestla.
by
the
assisted
Pl(Mince of Sasklatcllcvan that a valuehllortus
hat this represented some 1,800.000
from
which
ested that the spot where the Lustthe
Institute,
sugg
to
detailed
was
0l), deposit of potash, sodium sulphate audlience -%as kept in aln uproar by In- tolls of steel-to say nothing of 9,00,als ueen made in a terlocutor IKell'" Akers and Endl Stan 00 tons of coal necessary to make and its beginning has maintained military tania was ulink should be permanentlv
anl epsorn salits
which would
trl'itolr 30 miles north of the town of "Georgic" Corr, Lexelvsolin '"Al" Glas- t.lransport those shells to the front-- studies and tactics for its freshmen, and marked by a gigantic buov
be visible for miles around by day and
probeen
has
he
appointment
his
since
Tlbe
Gresham.
"Tom."
and
Gennske
s~tt.
experts
that
stated
It
is
magnithe
11"ll1le Crleek
some idea mnay be gained of
bv night.
l'll there are many millions of tons soloists were: H1. H. Fiske 'I'm ,Siorlr tude of orldnance production necessary fessor of Military Science and Tactics. illuminated by flaming letters
It is suggested that it would be a
Of theQse minerals and teat the work of I1 ]Tade You Cry ," John Llucas '"lM in this, war. 117 ar withl Spain cost the Through his energy Technology was cxJoe Hennessy' United States .$200,000,000. This coun- atninied soon after the war was declared useful reminder to passengers of other
extraction wvill be extremely aconomi- Little (>.^lsy Wanda,'"
kultur under
"I as the deposits lie chiefly at the "'Vlire's n Lulmp of Sugar Down in try is already spending nearly this by a commission of Army officers who nations of what German
militarism and Hohenzollern direction
has
which
lake
a
dried-up
of
bottoll,
amount every fire days in the present
is capable of doing.
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,11 been staked out by local men.
confliet.
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Wednesday, September 11, 1918
TECH
PERSONALS'
PROFEiSSOR CRAM OF TECHNOLOGY SUGGEST
LATIN BE TAUGHT AS A LIVING LANGUAGE
The following is a commlunication any conference at which twere repre.
rom Professor Ralphl Adanis Crain. sented the Latin or Rom~ance races and
which wdas published in the Boston hose others or nothern blood but in
*eilclsia
trdtowol
uo
i Ferald Septeluber 8th, and the Herald's
M~r. and
Mrss. Watler
Wh~itney JollnI 11.1. I N 'l? I MIN
answer~~
toPoesrCanssaeet.Iatically
attain
a
higher
level
thani
solof
olffPiips Bee.Li, Swainpseotot,
To
the
f
the
ditor
erald:therwise,
were
Latin
the
mediumn
of
T lass.,announce the engagement of
To~~~~~~~~
EioofteHrl:comm11unication.
th
their
daughter,
Rutll
Alden
Johnson,
to
Published twice a week throughout the year by the students of the
M~y letter on Latin as an universal
Lieutenant Donald Chapin Goss '1S. sonI language
(which I assume prompted
Of course, this could not be a purelv
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
of
M~r. and
Mirs. Daniel Goss of Lynn
your
very
intelligent
leader
printed
classical
Latin, static and archaeolo,.
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Shore Driv e,'ass.
LieuenlalltG
;oss
oday) wvas hurriedly wsritten and you cal- As 5011 say, languages develop
has
recently
been
commissioned
a
sec-Entered as second-class matter, September 16, 1911, at the Post Office at
are not therefore to blame for not read- thlough I doubt if this
dlevelopinen;
Boston, Mass., under the act of Cong~ress of M~arch 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailingII ond lieutenant at the Oflicers' Traininae ily grasping my proposition. I shouldis ev er from the complex to thec silul.
School
of
A&rtilleryat
Camp
Tay
lor,
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Et special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917,
Louisville, andha;s been assigned to ot for a moment suggrest, the revival of ple; rather hte reverse in the ea se. If
authorized on July 19, 1918.
Latin as a world-language for commer- Iatin becomes again a living tin,,-, it
.II Camip Logan, Tex;.
I c'al industrial and financial intercourse,-ill develop precisely as it did durine,
~~~~MANAGING BOARD
tile real]I woas thinking rather of the things3 that hemiddle ages. I fancy
eally mnatter- religion, pllilosoplly, edu- 'good Latin of this period 5-ouldlform
Paul C. Leonard '17 ................
Chairman of the Board
cation, literature, art. social inter- lie basis of the universal tongue~rather
Homer V. Howes '20 ................... General Manager
ourse. Thte thought of an American lian the Latin of Cicero and Virgil or
oninierial traveler try ing to place an
lien of Caesar. illy owvn inmpressioll (I
George W. Cann '19 .................
Circulation Manager
rder for N~ew York shirtwaists w-ithl m not enough of a scholar to speaklie ChInese proprietor of a department authoritatively) is that the Latin of the
News Department-Night Editors, C. A. Clarke '21, H. Kurth '21; Editorial
store in Naaaski, and using Ciceronlian iniddle ages, somewhat purifiedl and
Staff, G. W. Cann, '19. K. B. White '20;Assignment Editor, E. L. Etherington '20;
Iatin as the Miedium Of negotiation, corrected by references to more classi.
News Staff: D. WN. Curry '21, P. E. Guckes '21, E. R. Haigh '21, ILKennedy '21.
leavhes me, in a manner of speakiin-, cal modes, would form a finner,a nmore
Circulation Department-A. W. Hough '19.
cold. I rather fancy pig~eon-Englisli (an isupple and a simpler basic w-orldllan.
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admirable example of the manner in guage than any othier.
Rhich as you say, 9;anguage t];rov- off
Subscription $1.60 for 53 issues, in advance. Single copies three cents.
In any case I venture to reiterate itiv
Subscriptions within the Boston Postal District or outside the United States
all its tags and frills, as it advances") isuggestion that representative Secholar'
I
must be accompanied by postage at the rate of one cent a copy. Issues mailed to
would serve more adequately. Neither
f the nations that use Romancee laii
&1 other points without extra charge.
can I conceiv e of Latin proving very ua-es, tooether with those of Enalis],
elpful. at an international conference of p~e'eh, should come toggether as soon
financiers in Amsterdam, assembled for
New~s Offices, Charles River Road, Cambridge, Mass. News Phone, Cams inay be, to devpise better methods
Cie purpose of perfecting a new schenie
bridge 2600, Tuesday and Friday after 7 p. m., Cambridge 6265. Business Offices,
or teachinog Latin as a livina lan-piare.
for the exploitation of labor or the de- o agree if possible on a collison pro.
Charles Rive'r Road.
Business Phone, Cambridge 2600.;
LIEUT. DONALD C. GOSS '18
elopment of the natural resources of nunclation, to consult and report as
the Holy Land. vH~erb I should say, to thie possibility of mlaking Latin tile
Although communications may be published unsigned if so requested, the I
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Lieutenant Goss wvas Graduated fromt German
or Dutch, or ev en Yiddish w-ould
orld language in religion, phiosop~ly.
name of the writer must in every case be submitted to the editor. THE TECH
assumes no responsibility, however, for the facts as stated nor for the opinions the Institute wvitllthe CDass of 1918 in be more practical. On the other hand I ducation, literature, art and hllllan
Architecture, for which course lie pre- can can quite easily imagine that, onee itercouse, and to form an interna.
expressed.
pared at the Lynn
Classical Hi-fi
atin was recognized. as the interna.I School. At Technology lie lvas promi- tional language of thought, of culture ional council to determine the foriii of
The Editor-in-Chief is always responsible for the opinions expressed in the nent in the affairs of the A&relltectural and of science (and so taught as a livF- his wvorld lancrua->e if it is so uised.
R.SALPH ADAM3S UKA11.
editorial columns, and the Managing Editor for the matter which appears in the Society, Frieze and Cornice, and thelina thing, not as "classical. philosophy")
news col1mn.
Track Team. H~e is a ineinber of the I
Boston,
Aug~ust
31st.
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-1 Lambda Chi Apha fraternity.
IN CHARGE THIS ISSUE
line. July 11, 1891, and prepared at the
Tile Herald's reply to the above letter
Charles Henry Watt '18 of Lexcing- Volkmann school and Harvard U~niverCarole A. Clarke '21 .................... Night Editor ton, Mass., has just been commissioned sity for Teehnolog , wvhere he wvas a ollow~s:a second lieutenant in the 11thl battery, member of the Class of 1920, Coulrse XV.
Dr. Cram does woell to urge that
Field Artillery. Hewlas graduatedl last He %vtscomissioned 1st lieutenant ot
.atin
should be taughlt in class as a
W5EDNTESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1918
week from the Officers' Traininla'.-SchoolI ordnance Aulgust 1, 191 7, weas stationed poken, not mlerely as a printed. laii
at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ksy., and for a time at Frank~ford arsenal, and has iiaae. and that there shouldl be agree.
..
was assigned to Columbla, S. (S., for een for -several months on duty at one
3ent among teachers regarding its pro.
ANOTHER "UNION"?
which place he left Saturday.
of the large Government ivarehouses in unciation. But the desirableness; of
OrTPONT looking back, over the past year, wve must admit that
Philadelphia.
hese ends is broadly separable froni
the proud spirit of T-echnology has been decidedly broken.
hieplea, made in his first letter, form"
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There has been a -radual subsidence of the enthusiasm and
COMMUNICATION ' opa-anda for the making of Latini the.
_
| c~~~~~~~omnion
tonaiie of eiviieaed nations."
pride that marked the first year in Cambridge, Which has been reBoston
Mass.
Objection
to Lain on the ground ofcrits
flected as strongly on the studies as on matters outside of the class:.inflections
is not offset byr the siig aes
room. Tshe lack of school spirit and loss of interest in the Institute
September 10, 1918
tion that. language grows more comp_)lex
ITo the Eiditor of THE TECH:and Institute affairs has gone parallel with a similar attitude toward
in its structure as it develops. Tile very
the school work. Just when Technolog- hudbeoeo
the5th
I w~ish to call your attention to the opoieis the case. Compare modern
est and most active places in the whole country, workin- with one
plating of the music of the Technology> |Greek with ancient Greek, Italian wvith
Stein So-no, to the accom~panimlent of a Latin, old Enlglish forms of speech wvitli
hundred percent efficiency, a dark cloud settles down on ev~eryseen
inamtoticuepa ha elrbe
new forms that have sul)p~antedl
thing, and everybody suddenly feels smothered and oppressed, overwith a, toast to the Raiser. Yesteirday leZ-Tle!loetednyo lnlae
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come with intense desire to throw up the work and get out just as
afterroon I dropped in at Loew' s Globe -so far as it is not stereotyped bv litera.
quickly as possible.
Theatre and among the photoplays there ture, is to %tork itself free froml suchi
eras one called "The Hun W5ithlin." Dulr. grammatical distincetions, inversions andX
'There never oras a day when the country needed engineering
ina the 'Trink;-lesel" scene at Heidel. suppressions as wve find in Latin. Tllere
students more to follow up their profession. Yet how few have
unr thle niusic Nvas plaved.
As an indti. Ji' an ever-present stress impelling to;
done it of late!I HowN many have shifted into the Ambtllance Corps,
*-idual I could not accomplish much by e-2onomies of speech, from the silnplest;
Navty, Infantry, Aviation Corps, and what not, instead of taking
speaking to the manager, but I t~lirpt abbrev iation to spelling reformi itself.
their places as en-ineers!
that THE TECH could request t-hat the rmnd the result is not complicatio)l, but;
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WATT
H.
LIEUT. CHARLES
music not be plaved as it is highly irn- I implifieation. If inflextion is a tlesirable
Loss of interest, fire believe, has had more to do with the dropping out of freshmen, junior-freshmen and Sophomores than is gen- Lieultenant W\att prepared for tlleproper that anything connected *vwitb thing,, wve cannot have too muchl of it.
wchich is doing so mtleh to lWhy not imtitate the Zululs andl reinakie
erally realized. The life and spirit and among the student body M~inin- Engrineering and M~etallulrgy Techllologyr,
help
in
overthrowing
the Kaiser, shoulll such a sentence as "Our great khin~dotllhad ~died out because everything has been taken away that lends course at Technlolocry at the Lex'ncgton beX used to toast the Kaiser hvs char:Ic- appears; we love it," into "Tlie kint Hiah School.
At tile Institute lie wvas
the enthusiasm and "pep" thatZ-carries a college man through his an" officer of thc 'N~ning ]En,,.neerimrD ters representing Huns.
sdom, our dom, which dom is tile -~reatI
York and is necessarv to his success.
Yours sincerely,
.
dom, the dom appears, w^e lox eth
Societyr, and a neember of the C>lass
As this is a matter that has to do directly with the welfare of Dinnler Committee, Class Football
(Signed) THOMAS M. LLOYD '19.
m
W\hat Dr. Cram. is really thinklingy of
the whole student body, we hope that the Institute Committee wvill Team, and the Vtarsity Hoceyse Teaai.
is not a "w^orld ltanauaae"-no>t iybatwvas oraduated fromn Techlnolo,-v
give the matter more serious attention. It is clearly their function He
wvitll the Class of 1918.
he has called "a mnediulm of conilinllllical:
to remedyr matters if anyone can.
IN MEMORIAM
tionl between the people of all ,-,rietiet
WVe hope that the coming of the S. A. T. C. will prove a salv a- '.Nr. anld Mrls. E. Henry Stolle of 100
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speech- but a ton-tie to be slbyl b
tion to Technology and that no longer visitors, Army and -NavyT men C'ambridge street, W\incester. anlnomicee
At
a
special
meeting
of
the
Masyol
neetdi
;eiin
~llv
emra(,enient of their dlau-lster,
stationed here, will remark at the impressiveness of the org~aniza- the
sachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
]plv,
edllcation,
literature,
art,
s/)^ial
inChlarotte, to Mtr. Carl Wilbur Wood '18,
tion anal then blonder where the student body is. There havre been son of -Mr. andl 'Mrs. G)eor-re AV. W\ood Employees' Mutual Benefit Associa- i eicouse," withl comnlercia l illdiitrial]
finalleial and political tolpics Tolbooe (I
more than six hundred of us here this summer, probably, fifty per of 39' GIreenleaf 'Stleet, Mlal Lll
V1 -lass~. tion held on Wednesday, September
l4th,
1918,
the
following
resolutions
.ll^il
al
ilenainlCtII'I
o
cenlt more than a college the size of Bowdoin ever registered set
M~r. W\ood, as constrilet on cn-_;neer,
were adopted
~~~~ing
awsay to devise equivalents- io)r tile
hal
chatrge
of
tlle
en-:neerhioat
C'amp
ivetildl anv one ever suspect it.
Whereas: On the 28th day of
ne em
hil iervintalilt
AR hat Technolo-ynesmr
hnee
before is a renew-al of Klivel aviatioll field. ,San Alntoiiao. Tex., August,
1918, God in His Divine
i Id, have come into use g cles hlt'll
He is nlow locatedl at Hoc Ishuidc. TP161the old "-Union," to find the bonds that hold all glood Institute men adelphlia, wv.t~i tle Elluer--em-1 F 1leet Providence saw fit to remove from wvas ousted by its sllceessftll counltittors.
our midst our much respected friend
Even after agreemnent hadl bleen rezaellet,
to-ether: to tak~e the%"lace of the Wtalker 'Memorial; to take the Coarporation. o]1 slil) cxnstrucetion.
and
asociate
Theodore
Grover,
who
t
e total product wvould bie -11"ore:
place of the activities that have been temporarily suspended; and Prior to enterinlg the Institute, Mlr.
wvas
the
founder
of
the
Association
la
l ls
iangug:i
olf , o
WNood prepared for tlle Civil E<'ngineerabove all, to renewe the old spirit of enthusiasmn that mareth
and l-or ten years its secretary, and
ttlealolllnrae
l;tla
ingr
colrse
at
tlhe
'Maldeii
Hidrl
Sellool.
Technology men of the past and spelt SUCCESS for them in thigs be'- (nr
always showed the utmost interest
anraoo
_l
iZentola l~l~"I
raduatedl fromt Teehiioo(,v withs
that count.
in the welfare of the Association;
ninvnm~ersa sensrae. Theirt_ is to]lv
1(
tile Class of 1915.
He wzas a mnielber
he-I-THarre youl done your Suammer Reading, it is almost due: The
S. A. T. C~. will allow little time for such extras 'dvrillg the Fall
term.
Do you realize that there are five barracks already tinder construction! '"re wtill all be in them soon.
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If the man of wealth thinks that Wwar
Xar Savings Stamps are for everyone.
W
Savings Stamps and their meaning are No one, be lie a millionaire or be he the
nlot for him he is mistaken. It is true he hltimblest laborer, can sail truthfully
can buy only .$1.000 of them, but he is that lie is not interested in W.r S. S.
mnore able th~an most folks to accept the andl the saving program that they
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philosophy of the stamps.
stand for.
of the Civil E~nginleering, Society, Inlstitute Commnittee, Class 'Executive Coinm ~ttee, . Senior Portfolio C'ommittee.
and tlle Class D~ay Coniin ttee.
W\oofl
is n nieniber of tlle Alpha Tail Onleg:a
fraternity.
Lieutenant Walter M. Cusick of 21
Chamerlaill street, D~orchester, and BMiss
Irene Tlart, dallghter of Mrl. and Mrs.
Thomas Hanrt, of WNellville, N. Y'., wvere
married recently in St. Jolln's hulreli
Philadelphia. Announcei-nent of thle veZ1ding has just been received in Boston.
The couplc,. acompanied by thc parents,
of the groomn, motored fromn Philadelph)lii
to thleir summer home on Gnpe Cod.
Lt usiek is wvell knowvn in IDorchese
He is thc son of Ex;-,enator and BMrs
.Tohn F. Cusick. M~e wasl born in Brook-
and in view of the loss sustained by $
n-salnlaeiitstola;
the Association and the greater loss
an
elleri(
ntesali)}o
l
by his f amilybetter world order after thle iNzar tlleB
Resolved that the heartfelt symend which Dr. Cram righitly lias, ill views
pathy of the Association be extend-is not to furnish a clique 0fite
ed to Mrs. Grover and other memo
ients," gathered from variotis e,(llltrie,
bers of his family;
or traveling in them, with cporlli>
Resolved that these resolutions
for learned debate., but to Pr",ie,le,
be spread on the records of the Asmeans which wrill enable all the ICOPles
sociation, and a copy of the same be
of the earth--;'low-brovs" a S ell113 -'
forwarded to the family of our de"'Idab-browvs," len ill tle -street "is ovenll
parted f rend;
as college professors, bussiness enl("'
(Signed)
financiers as well as theologrians. p~lil
LINCOLN
S. BENSONos- pbers, scientists, educantors andl ar;
JOHN McFADD
tists-to come into intelligible relation;
J. V. MUJRPHY
with each other on all thle subject'
Committee for the Association.
which engage the interest of mnen alid
September
7th 1918
i~for all the aspect-s of life whlieh enls
Septemer 7t, 11.
[ the thought and wt.ork of the worl& .I|d'
THE,
iesday,.. September. 11, 1918
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BOLTS, NUTS, CAP AND SET SCREWS,
SCREW MACHINE PRODUCTS
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IT SUAES TIME AND MONEY
(Continued from page 1)
attainments from outside, wvlicll will be
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directed to preparation for drafting
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work in Nasvy yards or shipbuildl-na
yards. This wlvl afford an unusual opfor students to -et at once
portunity
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wvork very directly related to w~illI
into
gthe wvar, for the Norfolk Nrews
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nin
S~hipbuildinr Coilpanv nlakes the offer
I defray the cost of tuition for an!
to
"I
'number of draftsmen -up to fifteen wll
ivill. prepare themselves for workl in the
yard of the company, where eleven thou
sand shipbuilders are now engaged in
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out the Gov-ernment's shlippingf
carrying
pro-raml.
MAJOR COLE COMMqANDANT
|IS THE OFFICIAL
(Continued from page 1)
rccomendled the establishment of units
of the R. O. T. C.. a suacrestion that wXas
fulfilled shortly after the opening of the
school year of 1917-1S. During the
past year -Major Cole has been in illhealth~ -which culminated in an operation some thiree months since. Returning
o his office he has seen the clianae of the
nstitute from a great technical school
to one in. which the technical oraining
is focussed on military purposes, and in
which the greater part of the students
far some years wvill be potential mlaterial
for Arnly officers, but before attainin-,
these commissions wvill be ready for tile
vearied service-that modern warfare demands of armies.
ICOURSES OF STUD)Y FOR S. A. T. C.
"OVER THERE."
IT WILL TELL
YIYOU WHEN YOUR
ICLASSMIATE
DOWNED HIIS FIRSTIBOCHE FLIER.
ISEND A
IDOLLAR AND A
(Continued from page 1)
Provision wvill be made for approving
Igeneral programmes as well as technical
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and special ones, the purpose being to
each college to prepare its S. A.
permit
I
T. C. along approved lines that conform
ibest to its regular curriculum. Allied
wlil, in general, be seected fromt
1
Eubjects,
he followvingr list: Enolisli, French.l Ger3
man, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistrys
Biology , Geology, Geography, Topog
3
raphy and Mlap Making, M~eteorology.
Astronomy, Hygiexie, Sanitationl, De1
-Mcclianical and(
scriptiv-e Geometry,
EeoiFree Hand Drawing, Surveying,
nomieis, Accountings History, Inlternlational Lawr, military Lawv, and Governmlent.i
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Provision is made for the approveal a,
an allied subject of not more than oine
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subject outside the aboveelist provided
that it requires not snore thian. three
For teclmical schol0s
Ihours a wveek.
and professional ones poroN-isionl will be
Ima de for a ppro ving goen eral pro gralnines
Iof study containing subjects other than
these noted.
SUMMER CAMP
IHALF
FOR
(Continuled
MONTHS'
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ISUIBSCIRIPTION.
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Aa
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"Johnny
Numlber
Chorus
Dixie,"
Schlmoker," the final number wvas " In
Y ana" bay the
the Land of Yanin
ichorus.
Part twvo consisted of vaudeville:(a) Relies rfoin Tech Showe 1918; (b)
Lucas, "Down By the Riogrande"; Carr,
"The Sacrifice"; (e) Original Discords
(Nine of 'em); (d) Exhlilbtion dance by
Joe Ifennessy and Bob Suniwalt; (e)
The Case At ainst Cases (AN trial by
twenty of our number).
The showv was halldledl by the followvI ,ing men:-Kennethl F. Akters, General
Maniager; Alfred 'F. Glassett, Property
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MANUFACTURERS
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rITECHNOLOGY OPENS WAR SCHOOL Man; Robert L. Sunwalt,.Musical
HBAPPENINGS
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A STEEL TAPED CABLE
REQUIRES NO CONDUIT
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IT GETS WIND OF
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HE construction of barracks for the Student Armor Training
has taken
Corps at the 2lassachusetts Institute of Technologg
'a.aai
Technology
the
of
Ship
from the men of the Receixing
InThe
field.
baseball
and
Aviation Detachment their drill -round
proNed land west of Mlassaclhusetts A-\enue for the use of these men.
OF TECHNOLOGY.
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SIMPLEX WIRES AND CABLES
stitute authorities haz-e secured the privilege of utilizing the -unim.-
[OF THE ALEJRTM
a
THE NEW BUILDINGS SEEN FROM THE EAST, WITH THE TECH
OFFICE IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND
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Di*rector; Ernest P. Whiteliead. Buisness
). AilManaarer and Treasurer: Lelandl
son, Associate Business -Manager.
A dance
followed tne show- il
Fellows' Hall
twvelve o'clock.
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BOSTCE,
SAN FRANCI
CHICAGO
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wvhicl kept up until
Upon arrival back in
camp hot chocolate and cakes
01
were ser-
- 5:
ved at 2 a. m.
Th chorus was made up of the follo-ingnmen:-A. A. Browvn, F. H.
Blackner TW. AM.B. Freeman, L. D. W-ilson. P. _M.BerKo, ;. A. Grover. J. Lucas, R. E. Robillard, H. C. Chidses-. J.
R. Perkins. Jr.. E. B. Mlurdlougli, F.
Bocher. Wr. D. MlacLeod, H. Broockman, I
R. B. Spencer.
The show- and dance was -iven for
the Red Cross and $130 as as netted.
On Labor Day a tracklmeet was hield,
the r esults of wllich are as follows.
100-yd. Novice-1st Broockman, 2nd
Gnaske, 3rd AIurdough, 4th Lipp.
3-4 mile run-1st Bond, 4.91-5; 2nd
Perltiihs.i -3rd Berka. 4th--Hennessr.
Shot Put-1st Etter. 2nd Corr, 3rd
Ilathewvs, 4th AItlrlough.
ulurBroad Jump-1st Pierce. 2nd
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3rd RAills, 4th Iianley.
|100yard Dash-1st Alills, 2nd Brko,
|dough,
3rd Lipp, 4th Newlball.
50-yard Dash-ist Alills. 2nd Berko,
3rd Newhlall. 4th Lipp.
High Jump-ist Pierce. 2nd Mills,
Berko, 3rd Mranley, alurdough.
440-yard Run-1st '\Iurdt)uoh, 2nd
Bond. 3rd Hanley, 4th Perkins.
Swimming Events-25-yvd. dash, 1-st
CGresham, 2nd Genaske, 3rd E. W. Freeman, 4th A. A. Brown.
Dash-1st Gresham. 2nd
50-yard
Genaske, 3rd Etter, 4th MfcLeod.
Diving-1st Reed, 2nd 'iNurdoughll 3rd
Berko, 4th Genaske.
The cup was captured by AIills with
14 1-2 points each. The sw-immin, relav race between the tables was won
be Hanley, Gresham. Sumwvalt and Et.ter.
In the afternoon, the boys had a
The boat broua ht the
dance.
The
from the neighboring7 towns.
dance started at 2:30 and continued
Refershnients wvere
until 6 o'clock.
served at 4:00 o'cloclk. 'Iusic was furnishlel by the Cherryfield Orclestra.
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NEW AIRPLANE FABRIC A SUCCESS I
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Cotton nianufactulrels here have aided
for airin perfectinog a new coverino
hings to take the plaee of linen,
plane
thre ;,upplvl of wh-lliell has been so nearly
that the allied wiar officials
exlhauste(l
lavea had to tuin to a new Material.
Thle new fabric is entirely cotton and I
after riaid tests priouLotaedtl suitable
in ev-er- Nvav for planes of every type.
AS soon as the present stock of linen
on hiawid in the lUnite(l States is used,
the new cloth froin the -New Bedford I
mills is to be used exclussivels for all I
willg covering. and what is still inore I
encouramni-, the mills are prepared to I
manufacture it in unlimiitedl quantities.
NITRATE PLANT TAKEN OVER
ZZ~
The UJnited States Government has
taken over the entire construction of
the $20,000,000 Toledo Air Nitrate I
plant here, accorlding to announcement
Thursday by Wi alter Steward, resident
manager. The Air Nitrate Corporation
of New York, which under the original
plan was to build and operate the plant
for the government and whicl began
the construction here, has been repaced in the construction process by the I
Army Quartermaster's' department.
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Owned and Op~erated by
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TECH
Wednesday, September ii, 1918_o_
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X DRAF
REULATIONS
General Crowsder Issues
For the New Draft
it. iS lle'Ct's~t'ar
(esi-iiated. age
d
that
thlote
withini
linziti be re-isteredl.
o
tile I
Ilnnlate,, of every p-lenit eiitiary
+ lill be r e,i-sterel byX tlle waraden onl registrationl
day-, aiid tlle reqluiredl rep~orts ANill be
PlansIlendlered to tlle .zidjutanlt g~eieral of
thle stat~te
Ilocateti.
ill
NA-lichl
tile
pellitelltiarN . i s
Leolle.oi.
azvaitiml,
trial awnd
tlo-se conv icted mlere<lv of mnisdleinlealTile onlyeolichision whichl
colld be 0:sS.how\evctr. AN-illt no~t be r e-ardled as
Tlle iiiiiiat es of jails andl r edraw
ll trolln
G
leneral Crowder's state- f eolmis.
I Are Open to
m lent to thecorresp~oldents
leasthat ioriiiltorics wo) .lie not felojis lvill b~e
treatedl as
a
ld
u)elect heir eardls
thedlelav
cau:!edby
Secretary
ofW0ar A-il1 be forwvardled to tlle re-speetiN-e loBaker
last
Junlebay his oppgosition to catl boardls hlaving> jurisdictionl of tile
I
,areas, vithlill NNllieli thley penmlaiiently iI
tilefall d~raft aniendieullt hasm ladle
n lCI
essary rushin;,tile
rwork of the4o37 re<side julst as: is p~rovidle(I for othler
I
draftb~oards in the coventry. 'Nevertle- senitecs, exeept tlhat tlle wardenl or jailer
sallal ob~tail1 tlle neeessary froml a nearless the-enral believes thle boards xvill
a
i
be equal to tllCo'c';sioII,Saxino- that bvy locaal boalrl aud Certify to tlle re-ristration
andl
assist
p~risoiiers
inl
fon~vardlnot onilv Eil ever vone of the neal
ly
week. floni
todlay
b
classified withll~lint(, tbeinl to flieir respeetih e boards.
one
llundred da)ys but that
SO,000of Tlle iniiialtes of hisaiie asvlOunis and
siliilar illstititionlS will be treated as I
the men actually wvill be ill eantonlabsentees.
Thleir re~istrationl cards wvill
nienlts bef'ore
Novemlber
1st. This is
the number of mlen in excess of the be forwvalrled to t:le respectiv-e local
b~oards hlaving jllrisdiction of tlle areas
iI11 |total available from previous registratiOllS
needled
to fill the Octob~er quota.
w~ithlin
whlich thley pernlanleiitly
reside.
General Crowd(er said his office sees To r einove any, mistinderstanldinmr as
its way past registration but is some- to wvho will be required to register unwhat concerned in promptly getting tile der tlle -newv man-powver act, Genera l
reports of the local boards. The regis- Crowvder, in a statemellt recently, saidl
trants havecbeen ordlered to mnake their tllat all men wvho llave not reaclied thleir
ortv-si~xthl birtllday on or b~efore re-risreports on the day of registration. 1t
is hoped that by thle next morning the tration day, September 120h lvill 1 bo
'egristrars will have compiled all neces- ineluded wvitllin tlle nlaximum acre limit
sary data for their respective district and all wllo hav e reached their eitl-h
boards andwvill telegraph the results to centhl birthday on or before that date
agfe
the State Ileadq-uarters.
Tile aeneral wrill be included wvithlin tlle lilnitilm
limit. All men wvitfiin these aae limits
believes the State headquarters
evill
telegraph results for each State to wvho, have not heretofore regist~ered will
W~ashin-ton. sot later than September be required to do so on September 12.
II I14lth. I
'XTile burden is on tlle man lwho fails
I
to
register to slsow that lie dloes not
Must
Rush
Serial
Numbers
I
conic within the news age limits," Gen|The next step will be giving serial eral Crowvder said.
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numbers to the Tegistrants. It is imlClosinlg Recruiting Stations
perative that this workd shall. proceed
faster than a year ago.
Each board, Voluntary enlistments for the A&rmy.
said the general, should fixs all of the
except as authorized by act of Congress
serial numbers within three or four
in certain cases, have been ordered disdays, as compared wsith a month devoted to this work when the menwvith- I onthitied by General Mlarebl, chief of
inl the first draft ages were registered 1staff, and all recruiting stations wvill be
a year ago. General Crowder hopes to closed as speedily as practicoble. The
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conduct the allotment drawing by the enlisted men serving at sueh stations
ill be sent to the nearest recruit delast wveek in September. He said that w
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I under adverse circumstances the lottery pot to be pllysically excamined and their
should be held not later than October Iqualification records madc out writl a
view- to their assignment to "appropriQuestionnaires will be issued to regis- ate duty."
trants in quantities as the individual
General March's order, announced
boards deem feasible.
In the original this wveek, supplements that issued somse
drawing questionnaires wvere issued to time ago, prohibiting the voluntary enfive per cent of the total number of ret,- listment of men between the newv draf
istrants within the jurisdiction of each ages of eighteen and forty-five years.
board each day until all had received until after the man power act avas
Registrants are allow- Xassed by Congress.
The order
is
I questionnaires.
ed seven days to fill out and return
aknomean that all men hereafter
questionnaires, but the general urgese'acepted for active military service wvill
leach registrant to take just as little bedrawn through the draft machinery.
times as is possible.l
Te onl
rcia
outr
nit
Agye aroups
x^7ill
be established by
ents hereafterlutahorivzed, the~rY De-ls
prclassfiation of tllle Par~esidentt for the partment announced, Ovwilbe of Wien
Located Opposite Institute of Technology
CAF:E WITH TABLE JYHOTEL AN-D A LA CARTE SERVICE
SPECIAL DINNER AT 5.45=75 CENTS
Menus Submitted for Banquets
Dutch Room for Dances and Assembles
Dinner Dances from 6.30 to 11.00
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,,AllI1 ech Men
NOW
Im
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Openl Daily and Euday
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FIN,1'NCI;public uti91ty developments
BUY AND SELL securities.
DESIGN steam power stations, hydro
electric developmenlts, tasmission
lines, city and interurban railvways,
gas plants, Industrial plants and
bulldings.
CONSTRUCT either from our own designs or from designs of othe engineers or architects.
REPORT on public utility phropettes,
proposed extensions or newv projects.
MANAGE railway, light. power sas
Ias companles.
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callingy tile first of these men into the o-rfrys;yaso
g
n
ne
service.
General Crowder said the aafe ffhxyas
n
hi
niteti
arous ben
hae aprove by ecre authorized only for staff corps and deII tary Bakver, but that he wanted to take prmns
Th si
e
ruiigdpt
the matter up with the secretary again' nowv in operatin at Fort Slocum, N. Y.:
befol e announcingathe groups.
Tile arcsO.FotTmp.
plan~~~
tenatveyaprvd
Jefferson
weacor.;Barracks, Mlo.; Fort Lopanatoentativey appovd
cal
weekngo'an,
me
Colo., and Fort McDowell, Cal.. rae
nineteen and thirty-six ylears first. Re-t beuiie
Crn
honiuneo
ports have been circulated that the plan lie war as mobilization places for seto be announced wvill make the first lective service men, whence these mnen
minimum age twventy instead of nine- wvill be distributed to organizations.
teen years. Tile general did -not coms-_
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THE HOHENZOLLERN DREAM
Germanly is a war-made main. the, worlds chief
-war-making state.
business.
Sllebeliva te swrd nittedl to retain hlerthle only satisfactory ar- alihyiea h lo
biter of international ruthless her mlethofls,
qulestionls, - blood the Thle next war will coMl
only food for a growing right onl to ollr own.
state.
shlore8-unless we Gl'lSh..
We Offer You Good Food
at Reasonable Prices
The President's Flag, Day Speech.
W~ith evidence of Germany's plans.
\Var. ~a'bor and Peace.
c"onquest and Kultur. 160 pagges-
The War Message and the Fxacts Behind It. 32 pages.
GemnZ~rPatie.9
pand.
Treatment of German Militarism ad
All Food Served Cooked
The Nation in Arms.
KNOTT BMLDING
NEXT TO TECH DORMS
Wdith Gerinlany ill the ask ftle War idea-unllelss we
cendfa~ncy, war will re- crush Germany.
Know the essential war facts! Youlr goveruffilent-:
itself wvill give thlem to youl. Any two of the foli
lowing nalued pamphlets sent free upon request.
General C~row der is confidentt that the
classificationl of the nearly 13,000,000
AOE
HD
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Arira
oooiedie
ygs
men wvill be comapleted within 100 days.
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H-e said it is possible to have the en- olene hydraulic transmission like the
tire nation classified by January 1st. battle taniks of Europe, is in operation
He said he has discussed the question of o the branchlrailroad from Lacombe,
industrial exemptions with tile Presi- Alta., to Gull Lake, Canada forty miles
dent but that this subject wvhichlcov-(-a.lecsofprtinsol
ered in another statement soon to be three cents a mile.
issued.
Tile novel locomotive is the invenGeneral Crowder has tentatively set tiol (if a, returned soldier name I
September 16thl as the date to dlistri- Brown, wvho wvent overseas with a Cal.
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bute questionnaires to the 1nen weithin
ary battalion, but was returned to
the nelv ages who wvill be registered 'work o11 his >Xvention, which lie hopes
September 12.
With this formality eventually to apply to tractors, the
over, the di-aft agencies wvill prepare to absence of gears being a great help to
assemble the men for military service. farmiers.
.I Tlle first batches of the newv nationals
Briefly, the operation is as fo~llows:
are expected to leave for camp betw een
Tle engine is started on gasolene
October 1 ;th and
November 1st.
and elhanged ovfer to kerosene.
Thon
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Draft oficeials are confident that little transmission oil is not consumed b~ut
dliffcultv wvill be experienced in carryeescirculating and reverse speed a
in-, out tlle programlme of Gelleral Pey be obtained by alternating the flow of
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COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION,
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Samson Cordage Works
BOSTON, MAS.
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machinery enough to manage a blackTlle p~rovost inarshal general's office
ing department and machine shop. The isissuing statements daily dealing w it}
right man will be steadily advanced.te coming, formalities.
Today's anL. Q. W. care of' n:1-Z. Tech, Charles nouncement was tQ~the effect that felRiver Rd., Cambridge, Mass.
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,Julv. General Crowvder told flie Wtashing-ion correspondeiits this af ternoon
thsat (Iraft macllilery wvas in order and
thsat lie anticilpated no difficulty in assemb~limf the mnen made liable f or service by,+ tle new- nian poxver act. Gileat
as is tlle task; of re-istering, classifyingr
examinliii- and allotinar millions of men
it is aid tlle workl Nvill be 11andled1 withl
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oil.
Tile casolene-bardraulic transmission
consists
of anY ordinary
gasolene
en-inle of eig~lt~y horsepowver directli I
0Clmiected to a centrifugal oi]-lbydIraidlic pumini
with seven pistons.
The
powver
is
then
transmitted
thrrwigh steel pip~es to two niotors
p)laced ill the r ear trnek. From tl(w
otlotls, it drives direct to the axles bi
inseans of a silent chain ten inehe s
wvide. Tlse final drive show s an ef fieieney of ninety per cent owving, to
the absence of gears and clutches, andf
alloirs an unlimited numnber of speeds.
bothi forward and reverse, which are
operated by a single lever control.
Thle system uses ordinary lubricating
oil to make the hydraulic pressure
wblsic insures perfect lubrication andl
practically elimnina~tes the wear.
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