Foxworthy Hurt in Aero Accident at Pensacola Grounds
Ex-’18 Foxworthy stationed at Pensacola in aviation corps suffers a facial injury when a propeller blade strikes him at the flying grounds. A deep gash requires hospital care but doctors say there is little danger and a quick recovery is expected. A friend’s letter describes daily care and hopeful return to training.
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Foxworthy
Aviation Corps
Pensacola
Florida
Foxy
Cantonments
Service
Lee MacDonell
Yale Receives Dummy 75 Mm Shells For Training Battery
The R O T C unit at Yale was gifted twenty four pounds of dummy 75 mm shells from the Bartlett Haywood company of Baltimore to complete its French 75 artillery training. A trench raid and a strategic display are planned for the upcoming seventh annual military ball at the University of Wisconsin with forty cadets in training and enhanced lighting to heighten realism.
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Yale
Bartlett- Haywood Company
Baltimore
University of Wisconsin
Colorado college students answer first spring drill with zeal
Fall In shows students at Colorado College eagerly embracing the first compulsory drill of spring. The initial meeting organized the group efficiently and with remarkable cooperation.
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Colorado College
To the Metric System General Pershing Orders Metric Maps
General Pershing orders that maps be created on a metric system similar to French usage with a metric to feet conversion table. In all operating orders metric units will be used for linear measurements and the range scales of artillery antiaircraft and machine guns will shift to metric units.
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General Pershing
South African Enters Michigan Engineering College
Hermanus LaRoux, 30, of Pretoria, South Africa, becomes the first South African student to enter the University of Michigan College of Engineering after completing his freshman year through the International College.
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Michigan
Hermanus
LaRoux
Pretoria
South Africa
Engineering College
University of Michigan
International College
Co-Eds’ Gym Work Stumbles at Wisconsin
Outdoor gymnasium program at Wisconsin University shows little success after a week. The honor system for reporting exercise time fails to satisfy promoters as students are not diligent. The issue stems from carelessness rather than lack of honesty among the girls.
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Ouidoor
Wisconsin University
Minnesota Men in the Service
Minnesota reports many men in government service with departures ongoing. Since October one hundred fifty have left the college, while many more enlisted but remain to continue their studies. The medicine and engineering tracks lead the reserve ranks. In dentistry, out of 350 eligible students, all but four are in the reserve corps.
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Minnesota
College of Dentistry
Five Thousand Indiana Students Enlisted in War
The Indianapolis Star canvass shows Indiana colleges rallying to support the war. Purdue reports 1,650 war-declared students plus about 100 enlisted engineers. Indiana University lists 1,200 male students in war service. Wabash, Notre Dame, Valparaiso, Rose Polytechnic and others report hundreds in uniform or preparing to join. Across campuses, total in service nears five to six thousand with faculty and alumni included.
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Indiana
America
Hoosier
Purdue
Wabash
Indianapolis Star
Butler
Notre Dame
Purdue—College
Earlham
Friends
Y. M.C. A. Valparaiso
Rose Poly
Rose Polytechnic
Indiana State Normal Secheo
Franklin
Bayonet Practice at Columbia University
Columbia University students receive bayonet training with individual and class instruction. They are becoming proficient in handling the weapon as many bayonet contests occur between different teams.
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Columbia
Columbia University
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