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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...masterly three and a half hour address, M. Poincare reminded the Chamber that negotiations for revision of the Dawes Plan are about to begin among the Allies, the U. S. and Germany (TIME, Jan. 14). The 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...
Miami opened its municipal airport; Miami watched air races and stunts; Miami saw the Pan-American Airways begin U. S. passenger and mail service to the several West Indies. All this occurred the fore part of last week...
...Working under the Harvard Bureau of International Research, Professor Elliott will make an intensive study of the topic of "International significance of the new status of British Dominions since the World War", stressing in particular the diplomatic and consular services of Great Britain and the Dominions. Professor Elliott will begin his work immediately after the closing of college in June, sailing at once for England. His research will take him into England, Switzerland, Canada, and possibly Egypt and Palestine. The work will take 15 months, ending in September...
...attack upon young Yale men contributed by Henry F. Pringle to the current "Harper's." Mr. Pringle paints an appalling picture of the attitude of the young men who sing "For God, for country and for Yale." They are, it appears, "on the make." Before going to college they begin looking for prominent roommates; at college they arise at 5 o'clock in the morning to seek advertising for "The Yale News," and they spend their week ends on Long Island and Park Avenue, ostensibly dancing with debutantes but really seeking the acquaintance of prominent business men. The goal...
...planted took root, flourished. Irma Duncan, an adopted daughter, had stayed to spread the gospel and teach children, just as the Great Isadora had taught her, to know music and translate it freely into bodily movement. Last week with twelve best pupils Dancer Irma arrived in Manhattan to begin there a ten-day memorial festival. Her first program, featuring Impressions of Revolutionary Russia, won highest praise. True to Duncan tradition, the twelve young Russians are free-spirited creatures with no regard for conventional dance designs. Manhattan voted them best of the many Duncan disciples who have exploited the name, their...