In the presence of mortal conflict, where the fulfilment of their labor of friendship lies, the men whose names here follow have seen fortitude greater even than the courage of the wounded. They have beheld the strength of a people unified by sacrifice so complete that its individuals are unconscious of personal heroism. They have worked side by side with hundreds of thousands of men and women who in consummating this sacrifice have yielded, without measure of cost, their ambition and love, and challenged death—with dauntless resolution to save not only their country, but the principles of democracy for the whole world. France, invincible in her resistance, has issued no acclamation of glory, has sought no sympathy for the costliness of the onslaught, nor published denunciation of the enemy, but by intrepid manhood has won the honor of all nations.
These Americans, in their service of conservation, have gained immutable evidence of that spirit upon which the highest citizenship and patriotism depend. Whatever bitterness chance may bring into their futures, they at least can never lose faith in human nature—remembering the standard under which these days of their youth have been consecrated.
H. D. S.
[ABBREVIATIONS]
(The abbreviations of names of colleges and universities represented in this list are as follows.)
| A. | = Ames | P. | = Princeton |
| Am. | = Amherst | P.S. | = Pennsylvania State |
| B. | = Brown | Pa. | = Paris |
| B.C. | = Beloit Coll. | Pitts. | = Univ. of Pittsburgh |
| Bow. | = Bowdoin | St.P.S. | = St. Paul's School |
| C.C. | = Cooper Coll. | Sew. | = Sewanee |
| C.G.S. | = Cornell Graduate School | Sw. | = Swarthmore |
| Cam. | = Cambridge | T.C. | = Trinity Coll. |
| Co. | = Columbia | U.A. | = Univ. of Arizona |
| Col.C. | = Colorado Coll. | U.C. | = Univ. of California |
| Cor. | = Cornell | U.M. | = Univ. of Michigan |
| D. | = Dartmouth | U.Mo. | = Univ. of Missouri |
| F. | = Fordham | U.N. | = Univ. of Nevada |
| G. | = Groton School | U.N.C. | = Univ. of North Carolina |
| H. | = Harvard | U.N.D. | = Univ. of North Dakota |
| H.-S. | = Hampton-Sidney | U.P. | = Univ. of Pennsylvania |
| Ham. | = Hamilton | U.S.C. | = Univ. of South Carolina |
| I. | = Iowa | U.U. | = Univ. of Utah |
| J.H. | = Johns Hopkins | U.V. | = Univ. of Virginia |
| L.C. | = Lehigh Coll. | V. | = Vanderbilt |
| M.A. | = Mass. Agricultural | W.R. | = Western Reserve |
| M.I.T. | = Mass. Inst. Technology | W.U. | = Washington Univ. |
| N.U. | = Northwestern Univ. | Wab. | = Wabash |
| New.C. | = Newberry Coll. | Wms. | = Williams |
| O. | = Oberlin | Y. | = Yale |