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AT the invitation of the War Office, the Young Men's Christian Association recently organised a special service of lecturers to visit suitable centres in France for periods varying from a fortnight to three months or more in order to provide the troops behind the line with recreation of a thoughtful kind. The lectures were arranged because of a desire expressed by many of the troops for occasional entertainment of a more solid or instructive character than is offered by moving pictures and concert parties. Their aim has been not merely to afford amusement to the men in their unoccupied hours, but to give an understanding of the causes and aims for which our troops are fighting, and to deal with military, naval, and political history, with sciene, literature, travel, and other subjects of general interest. The scheme has received the hearty support of the universities, the vice-chancellor of each of which has appointed a special committee to nominate lecturers. The details of arrangement have been in the hands of Prof. GilbertMurray for the War Office Educational Committee and of Mr. Basil Yeaxlee for the Y.M.C.A.
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Science Lectures to the Troops in France . Nature 99, 93 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099093a0
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