Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little island, about 15 sq. mi. in area, lying about 40 mi. south of Cuba, commonly known as The Isle of Pines...
Even so small a parcel of land was rediscovered in the course of a few years. In 1903, Secretary of State Hay negotiated a treaty confirming sovereignty of the island upon Cuba, a treaty which declared "this relinquishment on the part of the United States of claim of title to the said Island of Pines is in consideration of grants of naval and coaling stations in the Island of Cuba heretofore made to the United States of America by the Republic of Cuba...
...wide distribution of the ten Freshmen who live outside the United States gives the class quite a cosmopolitan atmosphere. They come from Cuba, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Spain, England and Hawaii...
Seņor Aguero of Cuba then moved adjournment "to give the delegates an opportunity for calm reflection...
...University authorities announced yesterday that Dr. W. H. Weston, assistant professor of botany at the University, has been granted leave of absence for the second half of the current academic year, to continue in Cuba some phases of the study and control of the sugar cane Mosaic diseases. Dr. Weston received his master's degree from the University in 1912 and his Ph.D. in 1915. He began his study of the sugar cane diseases with Dr. East at Soledad last February, and continued last summer in Cuba with the Tropical Plant Research Foundation...