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COLLEGE HAS GIVEN 906

MANY "H" MEN INCLUDED

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Statistics recently compiled show that of the 2,409 students who were enrolled in the College last year, 906 are now actively engaged in some form of military or naval service. Of the total 906, 293 are from the Class of 1917, 272 from 1918, 204 from 1919, and 137 from last year's Freshman Class. The men who have lost their lives in service are included in the above figures. P. C. Bentley '17 and W. H. Meeker '17 of the graduating class were both killed last summer, Bentley while driving an ambulance and Meeker during one of his first flights alone. H. R. Deighton-Simpson '18 lost his life in an accident almost a year ago after enrolling in the British Aviation Service. H. B. Craig '19 died of wounds received in ambulance work at Mort Homme on July 17, 1917. R. Kennedy '17 was killed in an aviation accident at Fort Sill.

The Senior Class alone is represented in 30 different branches of war service. Among those included are: Officers' Reserve Corps, Naval Reserve, military and naval aviation, ambulance work, Signal Corps, Quartermaster and Paymaster Departments, Marine Corps, Y. M. C. A., food administration and anti-submarine work.

No "H" Men in College.

The effect of the war on University athletics is perhaps best shown by figures which have been compiled to show the number of "H" men now in Cambridge. Of the 73 athletes entitled to wear the "H" enrolled in the University last year, only six returned this fall, all of them entering graduate departments except W. B. Snow, Jr., '18, for a time captain of the University informal football team. Snow has since entered the School for Ensigns established at the University, so that there are now no letter men in the undergraduate body.

Last year at this time there were 54 men in the University entitled to wear the "H". No letters were awarded in baseball, crew or track. In football, however, fourteen new "H's" were given out, while five hockey players were rewarded for the first time.

At present, track and crew are the best represented sports in the University, each having two "H" men in the graduate schools, while baseball has one.

The five "H" men in the University are: Crew, H. L. F. Kreger 3L. C. C. Lund 2M; baseball, J. T. Beal ocC; track, L. G. Richards 3M and J. C. Rock 4M

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