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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This situation produced a note of protest to the U. S. Department of State from Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the U. S. Last fortnight Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg replied. He regretted that the order would "cause some hardship," said that "those who obviously cannot hope to receive immigration visas for some time to come" would be "clearly informed of their status" so that they could "make their plans accordingly." He also promised that, if necessary, the six-month time allowance before the order takes effect would be extended. And, finally, he promised to bring the question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Envoy to Canada | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

...Vassar is divided into many cliques. This is a deplorable, but unavoidable fact. It is not possible, it seems to me, for any general sociability to exist, for birds of a feather must flock together' and you cannot make them do otherwise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Spring an Editor's Fancy Used to Turn to Thoughts of His Feminine Neighbors--"Herald" Told of Vassar Society | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

There will be many who look upon the barren results of the CRIMSON's Eating Ballot as a substantiation of the well worn axiom that one may lead a horse to water but one cannot make him drink. Certainly there is opportunity for the analogy, in spite of the fact that the project concerned men and food instead of horses and liquid refreshments. One hundred and eighty five signatures are adequate proof that, whatever be the cause, a university dining hall with club tables is not the present be-all and the end-all of the student appetite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROOF OF ONE PUDDING | 6/10/1927 | See Source »

...CRIMSON remains firm in its belief that the custom of "eating around" is on the decline. The proposal which it backed may not have been the correct one, it is obviously not the popular one. It was, nevertheless, an attempt and as such cannot be considered futile. Only by investigation will better conditions be reached. Failure in one experiment does not prophesy failure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROOF OF ONE PUDDING | 6/10/1927 | See Source »

...same right to the use of this article that he had, and wronged the Library by permanently destroying the value of an expensive reference work. Copies of odd volumes, still less of stray pages, of the Britannica are not to be procured from the publishers, and cannot be picked up at the booksellers. To buy a new set, to reprint the missing pages, or even to mend the old pages if they should be returned and to rebind the volume, will be a serious expense, yet the Library must in some way repair the loss. Any course of action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 6/9/1927 | See Source »

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