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...advisory system, long a chink in the college armor, was brought to popular attention last spring by Dean Leighton's memorandum, and it was finally recognized that the system as it then existed was a failure. The eighty-four professors, instructors, proctors, and janitors, who were given a two-day unrecompensed guardianship over the Yardlings could not be counted upon for the intelligent guidance needed by those unitiated to college life and the wals of Harvard...
...Jameson, Charlie Haughton, and Chink Fearon are Sophomore numeral winners from last year who will turn out in the next few days. Hopes for this year's team have been considerably bolstered by the showing Leo Ecker has made so far. A question mark because of his broken leg last year, Leo's injured member has withstood the constant scrimmages which are a part of the preliminary work the pucksters are now doing, and will apparently be ready to take his old position at right wing...
...Ford and will include such veterans as George Roberts, Russ Allen, and Ralph Pope. A strong Sophomore group will likewise turn out at this time. Austie Harding, captain of last year's undefeated Freshmen, and Win Jameson will be seeking places on the forward line and such stalwarts as Chink Fearon, Charlie Houghton, and Tubber Carstein will try to work into the lineup on the defense...
Fabrizio, still called in the family "Little Chink.'' Count Ciano, as Italian Consul General in Shanghai, became President of the League of Nations Commission which inquired into Japan's bombardment of Shanghai at a time when "Little Chink" was a babe of five months. Promoted to Minister to China, the Count was sent to the London Economic Conference and. before President Roosevelt wrecked it, Ciano obscurely obtained the Conference's only achievement, an adjustment of Italy's Boxer Rebellion indemnity claims on China to the satisfaction of the Great Powers...
Less popular brands are constantly trying to find chinks in the iron-clad hold which the Big Three have on the mass market. During Depression the 10?-brands found a chink, pushed through to a market that last year amounted to some 13 billion cigarets sold. Last week Philip Morris thought it had discovered another opening...