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...only true knell of general accord among Harvard men at present as regards the new Houses is the statement of Mr. Williams that "there is a strong feeling among Harvard men everywhere that we should go very slowly in carrying out the details" of the innovation. Until more comprehensive information has been widely distributed, optimistic generalizations should be avoided...
...given course with the inclusiveness which should be implicit in any pursuit of knowledge is the judicious addition of occasional lectures by authorities with varying points of view and experience in related fields. The present announcement of Professor Salvemini's appearance in connection with History 2 is fully in accord with the increasing flexibility of the course system...
...despatch our own best soldiers to protect the lives and property of Japanese colonists there. . . . Since we are now awaiting the arrival of the new Japanese Minister [to China, M. Yoshizawa], I suggest that he be greeted in the friendliest manner possible and every effort made to reach an accord...
...Cabinet matters. In the first place Andrew Mellon was conceded probable re-appointment to the position of Treasury Secretary. A two-hour conference between Mr. Mellon and Mr. Hoover served as the basis for the story that the Treasury Secretary and the President-Elect had reached an "accord." In the second place Mr. Hoover had been widely credited with a desire to appoint Col. William J. Donovan, present Assistant Attorney General, to the Attorney General's Cabinet position. Mr. Donovan is a Catholic, is also no ardent prohibitionist, consequently Klan and other anti-Catholic influences are against...
...representatives of France, he said, must have a free hand. They would cling tenaciously to the principle that Germany must pay enough to satisfy French reparations claims and cover the debt of France to Britain and the U. S. Within that rigid framework the Chamber ought to accord the Government every liberty in negotiation...