The brief announcement from General Pershing of the death of Lieutenant William Halsall Cheney brings with it a new realization of the sacrifice that America has already made for the peace of the world. There is a daily lengthening list of the best and strongest of our young men who have given their lives. Of these is William Cheney. At the declaration of war he enlisted immediately in the Aviation Service, for which he had begun his preparation while a boy at St. Mark's School, a year before the war began. Though only a Freshman in Harvard College, and below the age at which the nation has called forth its young men, he was ready for service and was among the first to be sent to the front. While in training at Newport News he showed the qualities of leadership that made him of value and the ability that his superior officer was quick to recognize. He was sent to Italy to complete his training and in October was given his commission as first lieutenant in the Air Service of the United States Army. In schools, in college, and in his chosen service, he was faithful in every responsibility, straightforward to the line, loyal to every good cause, beloved by all who knew him. The loss to the nation of young men of the type of William Cheney is immeasurably great, but the world is to be redeemed only by such sacrifice. If we are ready to give all, we cannot withhold our best.

"Draw near together, none be last or first;

We are no longer names but one desire." --Boston Transcript.