University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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. .. X . . ' YEARS . X ck i H 154 W .cv X, 'XL-'IIS gi eixkt ' :A I 2 I is . Q ti - rag' '12 ,t H. . ,J .. 1 YS - . 5 'ffl-. 1. 5 5.41, p .f 'i-v ltigmg, X - L15 .fQ.ff'.31f .gif YJgE,,' A 3 ' of -'w:g1jjE'-M --ff--A--Y-Q. ,----- U ' xr 'VX V -4 'iv ' i ' JL 'f -e'l1'- ' s -ans. - 1 Faculty Memloe I jL'DcE D. M. KIMBROUGH, of the Law Depart- ment of the University, entered the Y. M. C. A. service july l7th, l9l8, serving as transport secre- tary on the troop ship Regina D'ltalia which landed at Brest july 29th. He was assigned to the 3l6th lnfantry of 79th Division, remaining with this regi- ment until january Z-lth, I9I9. This regiment fought in the Argonne Forest September 26-October l, and after suffering heavy losses was withdrawn to the St. Mihiel front where they held the line until Qctober Z-lt'i, being put hack into the Meuse Valley Fight ol Qctoher 29th. This regiment toolc the famous Hill 378 near Verdun. for which act it received a citation lor hravery. The fighting here lasted until the llth of November, ending at Gibercy near Dom- villiers. judge Kimbrough was with his regiment in all ol these hattles and had many haireraising ex- pr-riencvs. Alter the armistice was signed he was stationed near Reville until December 27th, when he was moved to lssoncourt. He left these troops on january Z-ith, I9I9, and arrived home on Febru- ary lltli. llt- will resume his law classes next year. ln his own words. He would tztlce nothing in the world lor his experiences. rs in the Service james Wansaw BELL, Dean of Commerce and and Politics, entered the Army Y. M. C. A. work in july. l9I8. He sailed for Europe on August 23rd of the same year on the troop ship Caronia and landed at Liverpool on September the fifth. He worked in ltaly with the ltalian troops, being as- signed to the Sixth Italian Army defending the Asiago Plateau. He remained with the Sixth Army during his whole stay in ltaly and several times narrowly escaped death. He was forced to return to America early in the year l9l9 by an attack of rheumatism and is now teaching again at the Uni- versity. Page livrnlp wx

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if ,. -R . V -2-6- ix f U ' A 1 .2 VJ , 'V ff rv 1' ' JJ tn' L' P . v ' .1 -' 4 -4 .3 v'. 1 ' Q s 'i1t?'f-'ii si: new Aj,Q,LEiL. . le-.:sg1g3:1fi::'.'.,11tf.:L::t,-....AE'11e, . 3, . e I if The Battle of the Flu He jesls al scars that never fell a wound. K5 N regard to the late upheaval on the surface of our sphere, there are some who say ff that to possess those qualities that constitute a hero it is necessary to have cut the -W' - liquid road of the mighty Atlantic in the guise of a Crusader of Right, to have C l -3 cursed and fought, and fought and cursed in Flanders' fields and faced the fiery wall li' of Hun opposition at - et cetera -L ad infmitum. J ln fact, serene in their blissful state of ignorance, they go so far as to state that H' , those over here are in no wise to be compared to those Mover there and the culmination of their audacity is the astounding falsehood that S. A. T. C. is a 4-letter combination emblematic of an event, Sad And Terrible Calamity. To disillusion those who are so laboring under such mental apathy a short narration of a battle in which S. A. T. Cfs engaged will serve to demolish this fond structure of the imagination. It was in those autumnal days of October and no danger was thought near. Reveille, Drill, Taps rang out unperturbed. All went merry as a marriage bell. A thousand hearts beat happily. But the dreaded Enemy, The Flu, was silently approaching in all batle's magnificent ste1n array, and gave hrst evidence of his presence by striking senseless a few at reveille. 'Twas then the hue mettle of the Corps showed itself. Every mother's son of the members rushed into the field and foremost fighting - stood. The awe-inspiring Chief Sii was infuriated at the enemy's resistance. During the hotly contested opening this black-mustached and leather-leggined Chief undertook to assail the center of the enemy. The attempt was brave but suicidal. The Enemy parried the assault. The long line of stretchers was evidence of the ghastliness of the conflict. Unshaken, however, by the adverse fate of the day, full of hope in a more glorious future, the Chief gave Taylor Hall as the destination of the retiring army. Here, tso, the lowering visage of the Enemy's front was unrelenting and the Corps, its ranks decimated by a well directed fire, weakened, fell into disorder and was ready to retire. Sadly shrunken as it was, to assume the offensive was impossible. At this point of the campaign the fighting was hardest. The valiant defenders fought as never men fought before. They braved the flying shrapnel-of plastered walls, they subjected themselves to tyrannous masks to ward off any poisonous- flu germs, they faced the deadly flare and bursting bombs of-criticism. lnch-by-inch the Invader was gaining. Every centimeter was contested ground. The battle was being lost, accordingly new fortifica- tions were thrown up on the third floor of Gordon Hall to which the shattered remnants withdrew, the retreat being covered by a successful rearguard action. Here the heroes made the last stand. Each Enemy encounter and drive was met and absorbed. His ineffectual attempts were draining his vitality, the effectual stand of the Corps was causing new courage in the ranks. Reinforcements arrived. The Enemy was discomfited. lts frenzied efforts at resistance failed. The S. A. T. C.'s were triumphing! The Flu did not awake for terms of surrender but vanished in ignominious flight to try the deadly work of its clammy hand on some Army Camp less courageous than this. The bells of peace rang wildly. From the Chancellor-no, the Major-to number four rear rank a great cry rang out in one voluptuous swell in praise of the bravery of the conquerors. All were agreed that during the countless ages from the time when the naked and liquid-eyed Egyptian tuned his harp to the gentle flow of storied Nile to the time when the war drum shall throb no longer, there cannot be found a braver band than the S. A. T. C. And now, critics-but there are no critics now. -B. E.. Page twenty-Hvc

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I l fi- 'i jf ll ! r I 'X XX, ' .-- u c It - v. af---.Y ff ' ,,,,,vij2L.-,c-.---.. '3.....,..-gs,-ff .'..-..,,.- ... . . .- ---.,' 1..- .:.,- . C 141-jr Y Y WHS' Faculty Members in the Service D. H. BISHOP, Dean of the English Department at the University, entered the Army Y. M. C. A. work in August, l9l8. Early in September he sailed from Montreal to Liverpool on a British steamer. Instead of being sent to France he was ' appointed Leclure Secretary for the camps of the British Isles with headquarters in London. His first six weeks were spent in lecturing at the various camps throughout England and supplying lecturers for them. He was sent to Paris the first of janu- ary, l9l9, and placed in charge of the camps of France as English Director. One of his First duties there was to compile a textbook for use in a three months' course to be given in the camps beginning March lst. Dr. Bishop is still in France and ex- pects to return to the University sometime this sum- mer and resume his work here next year. L, YY, Page twenty-scvcn as ff ALEXANDER L. BONDURANT, Dean of Ancient Languages at the University, volunteered for Y. M. C. A. Qverseas work in April, l9l8. He entered the service August l2th of the same year and was a member of the l3th Conference at Columbia Uni- versity. He sailed for England early in Septem- ber, being one of the two secretaries assigned to a large transport. He landed in England and was sent to Paris where he was assigned to educational work at Dijon in the Second Combat Zone. He was soon made Educational Director for that division of France, lecturing in the large museum at Dijon and at nearby camps. On February lst, Professor Bon- durant was made Dean of the American Students at the University of Dijon and Exchange Professor of the same University, lecturing on Roman Archae- ology. He served in this capacity from February lst, l9l9, to june lst of the same year, and will re- turn here and resume his work at the University.