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This afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union the third of the season's University teas will take place. In accordance with the custom of particularly inviting to each tea Faculty members of various departments in the University, the members of the departments of Astronomy, Germanic Languages, Geology, and Philosophy are especially asked to attend this afternoon. All other members of the Faculty, however, will be welcome, as will all members of the University...
They have referred the question of Chinese revenues to a subcommittee of which Senator Underwood of the American delegation is chairman. The present custom rates of five percent were determined years ago by treaty between China and the various Powers--China is therefore not free to determine for herself her own tariff rates. The situation is complicated by what is known as the likin, a system of interprovincial tariffs. It is all far from being simple, though the desire of the Chinese to secure the right to make their own tariff laws as other nations do, is simple enough...
...plays which the club is presenting are different from the average plays produced on the American stage. As is the custom with all Dramatic Club productions, both plays are being produced for the first time in this country, and "The Witches' Mountain" is the first Argentine play to find its way to the American stage. The curtain-raiser, "The Violins of Cremona" is a costume comedy of the eighteenth century, the scene of which is laid in an Italian violin maker's shop, while the Argentine play is highly dramatic, taking place in a wild and mountainous region...
...Reverend Augustus Mendon Lord '83, D.D., of Providence, Rhode Island, the regular preacher for the week, will conduct the service. Before chapel, Dean C. N. Greenough '98, President of the Harvard Memorial Society, will place a wreath on the statue of John Harvard in the Delta. Contrary to former custom in commemorating the birth of the founder of the University there will be no exercises this year in front of the statue...
These teas are designed to give students an opportunity to meet informally members of the Faculty and their wives so that closer relations may be University and the officers. Following established between members of the custom of inviting professors and instructors by departments, the Committee has especially asked members of the Anthropology, English, and Music Departments and Administrative officers to be present this afternoon...