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November 24th, first dance of the school year. There were some opposition to the dance, namely its incompatibility with the present war. It did take place in the end, and the dance raised some money for the Red Cross.
Homer L. Ferguson came again to…

A tragic story about two friends from high school enlisting together and dying together on the battlefield.

A poem depicting the bloody fighting and French defiance at Verdun.

On October 22nd, Mr. Reese came to talk about the work he has done with the YMCA following the British troops in Afghanistan and Mesopotamia.
The following Sunday (29th), Mr. Hoxton read to the students two letters; one from P. H. Callaway, a…

A story about a dead soldier’s spirit on the battlefield that inspired the soldiers to raid the German trench.

A story about the betrayal of a German, whom an American man saved in Alaska five years before the war; during the war, the American was examining another soldier’s wound when he got stabbed in the back by the same German he saved in Alaska. Both of…

Mr. Douglas Neff of Seminary and then Fort Myer talked about preparedness of body and mind.
Mr. Oldys, an assistant to Hoover, came to talk about the importance of Food Conservation.
Mr. Launcelot M. Blackford, a former student and teacher of the…

An editorial on the new students and the rat system. According to the editorial, the administration attempted to terminate or at least tone down the rat system in the 1916-1917 school year. Although some "Old Boys" asked to revive the system, the…

A story about a slacker-turned-hero on the battlefield during an offensive, albeit losing one of his limbs.

A fictional story about a brave West Point graduate who got injured and became a coward on the battlefield; yet, when another bullet hit the same spot, he became brave again.