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Yesterday evening in Paine Concert Hall Hugh Maury Hite ocC. of Cambridge was awarded the Medaille France-Amerique for the best declamation in French on a subject drawn from the history of French civilization. He chose as his title "M. Raymond Poincare", and told incidents of the latter's family and education. He went on to show how the great French President reflects the sentiment of all France, and quoted several passages from his works...
...Comite France-Amerique of Paris will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the John Knowles Paine Hall of the Music Building. This prize was established in 1918 by the Comite France-Amerique of Paris, to be awarded for the best declamation in French on some subject drawn from the history of French civilization...
Thirteen nations have been drawn to compete in the European zone and four in the American zone. In the latter group, Australia will play Hawaii while Japan meets Canada. The winning teams in each zone are to face each other later for the right to challenge the champion nation,--America. The winning nation of the European zone must come to this country and thus it will be seen that Australia, Japan, and either English, French, Spanish, Italian, or Swiss players will compete in the United States, for it is generally conceded that from this group, the European zone winner will...
...Jonkheer Dr. H. A. van Karnebeek, Foreign Minister, said: "The greatest prudence is advisable for Holland, as it is not yet sure, even if the treaty (Washington Conference) guarantees are accepted, that the nations will really adhere to the limitation of armaments prescribed. A revised military plan will be drawn up according to the resolutions, but who will be able to control whether the powers will adhere to it? All these elements demand the greatest prudence from the Netherlands." (At the present moment Holland's navy consists of a few obsolete coast defence ships and light cruisers, the largest...
...spent in India and Palestine. He surveyed 50 different cities of India, from Bombay to Calcutta and from Amritsar to Madura, producing comprehensive reports and plans for every department of urban life from sewage and traffic regulation to education. He is an able architect and engineer and has drawn plans for Tagore's new schools in Bengal, for a zoo at Lucknow and a university at Hyderabad. At Bombay he has collected a city-planning exhibition occupying a hall 200 feet long. In Palestine he cooperated with the Zionists in survey work, including plans for a Hebrew university...