Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1918 — UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SWIMMER MADE HONOR MAN AT CAMP MEADE, MD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SWIMMER MADE HONOR MAN AT CAMP MEADE, MD.

Elmer M. Smith, formerly a student at the University of California, whose photograph is shown herewith, made application for entrance to the. officers' training school and led all other applicants, having the highest per cent on all tests. He was formerly attache to the Allentown ambulance unit' In his college days he was a champion swimmer and held the Pacific coast records for the 100-yard and 200-yard swims.