Harvard Calls for 20 Men to Drive Ambulances in France
A Harvard Alumni Bulletin appeal by Dr. A Piatt Andrew seeks 20 Harvard men to finance their own four month service as motor ambulance drivers in France. Vehicles and repairs provided by the American Ambulance service. food and lodging by the French army. volunteers must cover transportation and incidental costs estimated at about 300 dollars.
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Harvard
France
A. Piatt Andrew
American
Andrew
Dudley Hale
Graham Carey
William R. Herreford
Wall Street
New York City
America
Appeal of Harvard Men for American Ambulance Service
A Harvard appeal urges supporting the American ambulance field service in France. More than 100 motor ambulances, grouped in sections of 20 to 30, are attached to French armies at the front. Drivers are volunteers, mostly university graduates, admired as exemplary American youth. In Alsace now recovered, these ambulances are the only ones in use, valued for lightness, power, and willingness to operate in dangerous conditions.
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Harvard
France
Alsace
Germany
Yale President Endorses Summer Student Military Camps
Yale President Arthur T. Hadley praises summer military camps for college students and the undergraduate battery, but rejects compulsory drill in the Yale curriculum. He calls camps valuable for national peace and favors college credit for camp work while stressing his remarks are personal opinion.
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New Haven
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Hadley
Webster
Success of Missions Across Forty Three States
New Haven report from the National Council of Congregational Churches highlights evangelism and home missionary work as key topics. Morning sessions focused on missions in the middle and far West, with afternoon and evening emphasis on the Congregational Home Missionary Society at Woolsey Hall.
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New Haven
National Council of Congregational Churches
Middle
Far West
Women’s Home Missionary Federation
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Woolsey Hall
Evangelism Drives New Congregationalism in Council
Delegates discuss evangelism and New Congregationalism as key topics while many resolutions are sent to committees. The Home Missionary Society session admitted 90 voting members, with officers and directors named. Reports show 1774 missionaries in 43 states, 415 immigrant churches, and 100,858 members, plus $881,605 raised by living donors over two years.
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Clarence F. Swift
Fall River
Mass
A. Z. Conrad
Park Street Church
Boston
Home Missionary Society
W. L. Phillips
C. W. Record
Canton
Ohio
T. M. Bates
Cleveland
H. Clark Ford
Charles E. Burton
Coin Boxes Installations Grow at Boston Elevated Stations
Engineers for the Boston Elevated Railway Company advance coin box trials at Northampton street and Dover street stations with two more at State street in the Washington tube and two at Milk street. Dover street removes six turnstiles and change booths from the foyer, easing crowd flow of about 18 000 daily riders and enabling direct train access.
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Boston Elevated Railway Company
Northampton Street
Dover Street
State Street
Washington Tube
Milk Street
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