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...unfavorable weather conditions it was necessary to cancel the game between the University second hockey team and Arlington High School, scheduled to take place yesterday. There is a possibility that the game will be played off later...
...question for debate was "Resolved: That the United States should enter into an immediate agreement with the former Allied Nations for the cancellation of interallied indebtedness." The affirmative case presented by Pittsburg consisted chiefly in the arguments that in the cancellation of the huge debts resting upon foreign governments lay the possibility of correcting the evils of Europe, that a refusal to cancel such debts would inflict political and economic harm upon this country, and finally, the United States is under moral obligations to cancel such debts as were incurred in the prosecution of the war against Germany...
...attitude of England, the German cabinet has thus far been able to keep up a boldly obstinate front. It evades the hope, possibly, that Doomsday will soon arrive. When France threatened to occupy the Ruhr, it seemed that their hope would be granted, but England withdrew its offer to cancel the French war debt, and France withdrew its threat...
Last minute developments making it impossible to arrange for moving pictures have made it necessary to cancel the Sophomore Smoker which was scheduled for this evening. The Committee had hoped to be able to avoid strict compliance with the state law prohibiting the projection of motion pictures in private buildings more than once during any one week, by means of a special permit. This permit they failed to get and the Smoker has therefore been postponed until Tuesday, January...
Thus the problem comes finally back to us. The United States, as the largest creditor, will unquestionably be asked to cancel a part of its claims, even though our statesmen and financiers are sorely divided on the subject. Amid the maze of arguments two reasons stand out dominantly. For kindly souls, there is the consideration that a people once ruthless under the junker policy have paid a heavy penalty of suffering in their turn and under a new government need not be further ground down. But the more practical and, for business men, the more appealing argument, is that...