Word: act
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Strongly supported was the student contention that the national awards should go to undergraduates in their last two years of College training. It was argued that only in this way could the Latin-Americans brought to Harvard act as unofficial ambassadors of good will in their respective countries...
Resolutions were passed by large majorities supporting President Roosevelt's peace message to Italy and Germany, and backing the Thomas Amendment to the Neutrality Act. Several hundred signatures were obtained on a giant postcard which has been sent to Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, as a token of backing for the Thomas Amendment...
...Winthrop Common Room last night a typical Harvard show was presented. It was written by undergraduates, and it was acted by undergraduate hams. It contained a dull first act, an hilarious second act, and a riotous third act, took a lot of stoking to get up steam, but the audience loved it anyhow...
With the backing of five faculty members and 11 prominent undergraduates, the H. S. U. will stage a mass peace rally in the University Theatre at 11 o'clock today. The meeting, called to back the Thomas amendment to the Neutrality Act, will feature the showing of "Crisis", a movie depicting the invasion of Czechoslovakia...
Over loud protests of critics of the U. S. Labor Relations Board, the Congress passed resolutions endorsing the Wagner Act and censuring amendments which would make it more favorable to big business...