Word: affairs
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...return to Paris, M. Tardieu was made secretary to M. Hanotaux, and attache to the cabinet of M. Delease. In this double capacity, he had the opportunity of following closely the Fashoda affair. He was then given the rank of secretary of embassy, and left the department of foreign affairs for three years to take up the position of secretary to the president of the Council of Ministers. This was a valuable chance to become acquainted with French political circles during a difficult and crucial period. In 1902 he accompanied M. Lonbet, President of the Republic to St. Petersburg...
...team has met with varying success, at times showing signs of ability, and again falling down before mediocre opponents. The men have the proper spirt, however, and deserve the support of the University. Although the game is played in Boston, let it be a Harvard, and not a public affair...
...suggest that it is a very great error to confound the terms "Union Dance" and "Class Dance." To my mind, the dance under discussion, although limited to members of the class of 1909, is nevertheless a Union affair, inasmuch as Juniors who do not belong to the Union are debarred...
...another column this morning the CRIMSON prints a communication that attempts to defend the Junior class for not rallying sooner in support of the Union dance, on the grounds that it is a Union and not a class affair. A few figures readily prove the lack of foundation for this assertion. On January 20 there were 404 Junior members of the Union, and the University Catalogue, which appears today, shows a total enrolment of 467 Juniors in Harvard College and 23 in the Scientific School. Eighty-two per cent of the third year students are members of the Union...
...apparent from the number of applications for the Union dance that the Junior class is either peacefully slumbering or highly indifferent. In former years the classes have responded far more readily to the dance and have enabled the committees by means of their support to make it a delightful affair. Whether or not the situation this year will be remedied by the disappearance of a somewhat blase attitude in a portion of the class remains to be seen...