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Title: The Varsity war supplement 1917
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Publisher: Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto
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Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Chair of Professor of Chemistry at Morrins College, Quebec. In. 1875 Dr. Douglas removed to New York where his services were widely sought by men largely interested in mineral developmentand bridge building. Dr.Douglas is president of thePhelps-Dodge Corporation,Inc., has twice held thepresidency of the AmericanInstitute of Mining Engi-neers, is an honorary mem-ber of the Iron and SteelInstitute of Great Britainoccupies a most prominentposition in mining andrailway circles of UnitedStates, and is a member ofmany learned bodies andinfluential clubs. In Queens he has at alltimes taken a deep interestand has only recentlyadded a further donationof $500,000 to his previousgenerous benefactions.McGill University and theProtestant Hospital for theInsane, Montreal, have alsoenjoyed his patronage, andthe Students Administra-tive Council, of the Univer-sity of Toronto intheir spec-ial War Editions, numberhim among their generous Captains of Varsity Victory Loan Campaign. supporters. (EDITOR.)
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138 THE VARSITY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT Varsity in Mesopotamia By John Kay, Faculty of Applied Science IAM just moving around as usual; the heat has not beenexcessive so far, theres always a fine breeze blowing.The worst of the wind is, it raises the dust and the dustout here is something to reckon with; its like mist, and itburns the eyes and throat; one always feels thirsty. I thinkits the saltpetre which is in the soil. At present we are in a rest camp getting a rest and refit.I hope that we stay here till August anyway and let the hotweather be over before we move. The heat out here is akiller, but up to the present has been very cool, about 120°in the shade is the highest I have heard of yet. We do our parades in the early morning, the floors of ourtents are dug three and half feet deep, and a mud wall builtabout three feet high round the edge, which makes quite adeep hole. They put a ceiling of mats under the canvas,which also helps to keep out the heat during the day. I mustsay th

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