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Last week when the League of Nations was almost ready to arbitrate, General Kundt's mines were entirely finished. His sappers, tunneling under the Paraguayan positions, had sewn them thick with dynamite. To England, France, Italy, Spain and Mexico the League dispatched requests that each appoint an arbiter, announced that the arbitral board would be constituted within ten days. General Kundt was quicker than that. Bram! went his mines. The earth heaved. Paraguayan soldiers were lofted into the air like so many clods...
...Passed (237-to-119) a bill to permit the President to appoint a nonresident to be Governor of Hawaii; sent it to the Senate...
...strongest civilian available in charge, the House last week passed (237-to-119) President Roosevelt's bill authorizing him to appoint, if necessary, a nonresident of the islands to be their Governor...
...Society, student and alumni letter-men's organization at the University of California, fortnight ago announced a project the nature of which would cause an ethical shudder if proposed in the East. The Big C will appoint a fulltime representative to canvass secondary and high schools for young athletes and tell them about California "as a place of clean athletics combined with sound scholastic standards." The Big C man will be paid a salary. The Big C asks friends to help. Funds will be audited, kept out of the hands of athletes. Needy men may be helped...
...questionnaire evoked earlier in the year. Such a restriction would really amount to little more than recognizing the distinction between the "pass" and "honors" degree which already exists at Harvard in fact. Another and possibly more effective method of achieving the same end would be for the University to appoint one or more men, chosen either from Harvard or another university, to the position of full professor, with the understanding that the person or persons appointed would devote all or the major part of his time to tutorial work. Since most promotions at the present time are notoriously made...