Word: accordant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Samuel Huntington Wolcott '03, of Boston and Readville, was appointed Commencement Day marshal for 1928 at a recent meeting of the Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. The selection was in accord with the tradition that the marshal shall be a member of the class, which celebrates on Commencement Day the twenty-fifth anniversary of its graduation from college...
...week, were of preponderant importance, the Council took certain official steps. It: 1) Authorized a $30,000,000 loan for Greece, to be raised in Great Britain and the U.S. under League sponsorship; 2) Approved registration with the League, last week, of the Franco-Jugoslav treaty of friendship and accord (TIME, Dec. 5); 3) Listened to the report of the League's Opium Commission which was read by its rapporteur, white-haired Senator Raoul Dandurand of Canada. He, trenchant, charged that traffic in illicit drugs is conducted by persons "with huge financial resources" in nearly every land. The Council then...
...with him, was the nub of a speech delivered, last week, to the Chamber of Deputies by Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. Said he: "Speaking for myself and for my country, we are friends of Italy. ... Despite the friction which is said to exist, I am firmly convinced that an accord can be made between the two countries. . . . During the War, Signor Mussolini was one of the greatest helpers in the collaboration of his country with France and I never can forget it. I am asked why I do not confer with him. Yet we have met several times...
Explanation lies in the fact that Italians were becoming anxious, last fortnight, over the signing of an accord between France and Jugoslavia in mid-November. If so great a Power as France was throwing her prestige upon the side of Italy's potential enemy, Jugoslavia, then it behooved Signor Mussolini to trumpet that Italy is unafraid and not unbefriended...
...Under the existing rules, Mr. Caldwell is clearly ineligible to compete in football against Princeton and Harvard, and it seems equally clear to us that no single university can change the rules itself. After careful consid eration, our Board has accordingly unanimously reaffirmed the decision already announced. With like accord, our members unite in expressing their hearty appreciation of the gracious action of Harvard and Princeton, and their belief that it confirms and strengthens our mutual friendship and regard...