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...ended by incurring a hatred which generations of painstaking diplomacy may not obliterate. Our refusal to recognize Huerta, our brazen attempt to regulate) Mexican politics, our bluster at Tampico and Vera Cruz and our subsequent undignified withdrawal, --these are acts which defy interpretation in terms of any national and con- sistent policy. We befriended Villa, we countenanced Carranza, and we failed utterly to protect American rights and American lives. After the massacres at Santa Ysabel and Columbus, we started out to "get Villa." Today our troops are returning with purpose unaccomplished, leaving their dead and their country's honor...
...program has been arranged as follows: "A Day in Havana," Luis Alexander Baralt, Jr., 2G., of Havana, Cuba; "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Edgar Allan Poe), Manuel Matienzo 1L., of San Juan, Porto Rico; Song, "Vittoria mio con carissimi," V. B. Kellett '18, of Hopedale; "African Democracy," Plenyono Gbe Wolo '17, of Grandben, Liberia; "Scotch Poems," George Mair '16, of Jamaica Plain, formerly of Scotland; Japanese Legerdemain, Takaharu Takamatau, Gr. Dv., of Murotsu, Yamaguchiken, Japan; "Lyrics of Love and Life" (Rabindravath Tagore), Sowendra Chandra Deb Barman 1G., of Tipperah, India; Songs, "Gerodemos" (Old Demos--the Klepht), and "Thymoume Panta to Bradia...
...omission which one finds in the number is that although most of the con- tents deal with the minor sports, there is no article on the minor sport which has recently excited more enthusiasm than any other, boxing...
...second Freshman Forum of the year was held in Smith Halls Common Room last evening at 7.30 o'clock. The question under debate was the subject of National Prohibition. Many important arguments, both pro and con, were advanced, the speakers showing evidence of having thought out the question in advance carefully. However, the discussion was informal and no vote was taken at the end of the debate. From the general sentiment expressed by the speakers the opinion of the meeting seemed about equally divided...
...Con of Suffrage...