ROGERS, '17L, AVIATOR IN FRANCE, HAS ADOPTED BOY

Lieutenant McPherson Rogers '17L, of Alabama, now an aviator in the American Expeditionary Force, in a letter to Professor Copeland writes that he has adopted a French boy, "sadly in need of aid." Already two other officers have followed his example. The letter, published in the current number of the Alumni Bulletin, is reprinted in the CRIMSON by permission of Professor Copeland.

Lieutenant Rogers writes:

"I have adopted a French lad who was sadly in need of aid. I will tell you about him.

"Mrs. -- told me of the lad. He lived in one of the villages of Northern France. This village was shelled by the Germans, and his mother was killed. His father had already died for France. This boy of ten years lived in this village for four or five days--God knows how he lived. He was found by a colonel of a regiment of Zouaves. The colonel took the lad and kept him with the regiment. He was what we should call a mascot for them. The lad lived with them for three months in the trenches. At the time of the Italian retreat these Zouaves were ordered to Italy. The colonel took the boy back of the lines and left him with some sisters. These good women provided for the orphan for two months, and, being out of funds, they placed him in a school.