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Henry Ford was in England, dining with Lloyd George and Sir Harry E. Brittain,-* giving away a Ford car here, a Fordson tractor there, visiting farms and factories, stating that he regarded Great Britain as the centre of the Old World. Mrs. Ford was with...
...Anderson '29; Harris Averbuck '27; J. F. Barnes '27; A. G. Barry '28; R. E. Bates '28; G. E. Bennett 28; T. S. Berry '27; H. A. Blackmun 29; P. J. W. Bove '29; W. B. Bradbury '29; Jacob Brem '27; R. L. Brittain '29 Mayer Brody '28; L. S. Bryant '29; K. M. Caper-Johnson '27; O. R. Carlson '28; Benjamin Castleman '27; F. C. Chace '27; A. C. Chase '29; A. T. Child Jr. '72; H. L. Clarke '28; H. I. Cobb 3d. '29; R. A. Colby '27; E. L. Cramer '29; J. R. Creel...
Voluntary System: Of the five European Powers using the voluntary system,f Great Britain alone uses it of its own initiative; the others-Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria-use it by virtue (so far as is known) of the peace treaties imposed upon them. Brittain's choice is maintained partly because of 'the impossibility of forcing men to serve overseas,, partly because a system of voluntary long-term enlistments (seven years active, five years reserve) is less expensive...
...lake in St. James' Park has been empty until recently, when Sir James Baird, First Commissioner of Works, had it refilled. He was asked by Sir Harry Brittain, M. P., if he would consider the question of stocking the lake with fish. Sir James replied: " I am happy to assure my honourable friend that small fish in large quantities have already taken up their quarters in St. James' Park lake at no expense to my Department." The Christian Science Monitor says: " It is understood that the task of stocking the lake with waterfowl is to be left...
...first of the play lets, "Every Man's Bit," was written by Miss Lois Compton of Radcliffe, a student in Professor G. P. Baker's course on the technique of the drama. The characters in the cast are as follows: Mrs. Brittain, Lillian Hartigan Fanny, Vianna Knowlton, 1918 Workingman, Stoddard Colby '21 Little Girl, Marguerite Barr...