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Show SIXTY ARE INDUCTED INTO STUDENT i Interesting Exercises Held on Campus of Brgham Young University. Special to The Tribune. PKOVO. Oct. 1. To the ' stirring strains of the national anthem played by the ladies' military band, the Stars and Stripes were hoisted over the parade grounds of the student)' army training-corps training-corps on Temple hill this morning, marking" mark-ing" an event that will Ion? be remembered bv more than sixty sturdy young men who were inducted into the service of their country. One of the first things done at the exercised ex-ercised was thut of swearing their allegiance al-legiance to the tlag- The pledge was administered ad-ministered by Lieutenant John P. Hancock, Han-cock, the commanding officer. President George H. Brimhall addressed the boys briefly. In referring to the Hun the speaker, among other things, said ; "Germany will have to remain an outcast until she is recast." T. N. Taylor of the state council of defense, de-fense, made a short congratulatory address ad-dress and encouraged the boys in tho work they have undertaken. Mayor Leroy Dixon spoke briefly and referred to the recent successes of the allied nations, and the surrender of Bulgaria, Bul-garia, and facetiously remarked: "And boys, we shall have Turkey for Thanksgiving." Thanks-giving." After the exercises the boys were marched into the Maeser memorial building build-ing to begin their routine work In their new home. The officers of the B. Y. U. unit of the S. A. T. C. are: Lieutenant John P. Hancock, commanding; Lieutenant Mel-vin Mel-vin R. Ballard, adjutant and personnel officer; Lieutenant Charles J. Hart, commander com-mander A company. These officers will have charge of the military and barracks work, while the B. Y. U. instructors will have charge of the regular class work. |