Identifier: varsitywarsup1917stud (find matches)
Title: The Varsity war supplement 1917
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Publisher: Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto
Contributing Library: University of Toronto Archives & Records Management Services
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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he very greatest credit for this splendideffort is due to Captain R. D. Defries, the assistant Directorof the Laboratory, under whose immediate supervision thiswork has been done. Recently laboratory tests of the Meningitis serum pre-pared by the Anti-toxin Laboratory,have been conductedin one of the mobilelaboratories inFrance. As a resultthe University ofToronto serum hasbeen found to be ex-tremely satisfactoryand consequently thewar office has ordereda large supply for itsimmediate use.Meningitis Serumprepared in this de-partment is alsobeing used with suc-cess in the C.E.F. inCanada. The splendid en-dowment for researchin the new Con-naught Laboratorieswhich was announ-ced by Sir WilliamHearst on the day ofthe opening of thelaboratories, has al-ready enabled thisdepartment of theUniversity to offerto undertake furtherwork for the Depart-ment of Militia andDefence in connec-tion with the infec-tion of war wounds,and concentrate vig-orously on war work. The Connaught Laboratories 54
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THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT Canadian Officers at Universities and Colleges of the United States THE entry of the United States of America into the warin the spring brought an immediate demand front theuniversities and colleges of thatcountry for the services of experi-enced officers to take charge of thetraining and instruction of their studentsin military subjects. Several of thelarger institutions had already been au-thorized to form contingents similar toour British and Canadian Officers Train-ing Corps, and the War Department hadgranted to these the services of regularofficers to take charge of the instruction;but on the declaration of war these officerswere in most cases withdrawn and univer-sity authorities had to look elsewhere fortheir instructors. Naturally their firstthoughts were to obtain officers of theCanadian service with experience in Francewho had returned and were physicallyunfit for anything but home employment. The demands for the services of suchofficers, made

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