Word: china
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Manila, P. I., Sept. 27--Two agents of the Harvard CRIMSON, arriving here today in a junk from Shanghai, China, announced that they had with them the successor to Joe Forecast, the famous Chinese prophet, Dr. Who Slung Hooey...
...trio had an amazing, almost incredible story to tell. Dr. Who Slung Hooey had recently been in the employ of the National Government in China, predicting the out-come, if any, of the Sino-Russo war. The glint of American gold, however, lured the great oriental prophet away from his position with the near-bankrupt Nationalist Government, and after a series of thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes the doctor and his two American companions were able to elude half of the Chinese army and all of the Chinese Navy to set sail for Manila in their tiny craft...
...Peiping, China, Sept. 27. Professor James M. Woods of Harvard, Member of the Corporation of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, was present at the formal ceremonies attending the opening of Yenching University here today. There were begun the dedication exercises which were postponed two years ago because of the unsettled conditions in the country...
Trans-Pacific cables have been humming lately with a variety of war-like news from China. Disputes with Russia over Manchuria and revolts on the part of discontented generals fill the columns of the daily press until the most optimistic might well despair of the coming of the peaceful times that will be needed before China can carry out her adjustment with the Western world. Yet one inconspicuous article in the papers of yesterday probably contains more of real import for the future of China than all the fluctuations of her political troubles. That was the opening of the Yenching...
...Cambridge for the opening of Harvard's courses in Naval Science, Lieutenant W. E. Mackay, Lieutenant R. W. Berry, and Lieutenant, Junior Grade, R. B. McRight. Lieutenant Mackay was attached to bases in Ireland and France during the World War. He has seen service in the Philippines and China, and served tours of duty at the U. S. Naval Academy and the Naval War College...