PHOTOGRAPH BY BAIN NEWS SERVICE ROBERT LANSING, THE NEW SECRETARY OF STATE Mr Lansing was born at Watertown, New York, October 17, 1864; is a graduate of Amherst College; was admitted to the bar in 1880; was Counsel for the United States before the Bering Sea Claims Commission; is Associate Editor of the "American Journal of International Law," and has recently been Counselor for the Department of State; he now succeeds Mr. Bryan as Secretary of State by appointment of President Wilson on June 23 A TRAGEDY OF THE GREAT WAR: THE SINKING OF A BATTLE-SHIP IN THE DARDANELLES THE SHIP'S OFFICERS AND SOME OF THE YOUNG SAILORS A BELGIAN TRAINING SHIP COMES TO AMERICA "L'Avenir," the name of this ship, is especially appropriate, for in "the future" (l'avenir) lies the Belgians' only hope both for a navy and for national security. This ship is said to comprise Belgium's entire navy at present, and the question has been raised whether " L'Avenir " should not be interned as a war vessel. Belgium's rights as a neutral nation have been so trampled under foot that the strongest of neutral powers would be justified in giving Belgium's training ship the hospitality of American harbors without question CORNELL WINNING AT POUGHKEEPSIE, JUNE 28, WITH LELAND STANFORD SECOND AND SYRACUSE THIRD TWO SPECTACULAR BOAT RACES: VICTORY FOR YALE AND FOR CORNELL Both of these races furnished surprises for the vast crowds that witnessed them-the Yale-Harvard race for the decisiveness of Yale's victory (Harvard being seven lengths behind at the finish), and the intercollegiate contest on the Hudson for the closeness of the contest between Cornell and Stanford, one of the accounts saying, "It has been many a vear since regatta crowds have been so thrilled over a display of sheer grit" such as was furnished by Stanford's varsity HENRY SUZZALLO, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Professor Suzzallo goes from Columbia University, where he has been head of the Department of Philosophy in Teachers College, to his new post. He is a native of California, and a graduate of Leland Stanford Junior University. See editorial pages |