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Anatole France, who was one of the greatest modern French men of letters died in October 12, at the age of 80 years. M. Gonod was officially entitled in the French government "Conseiller d'Etat", and was at one time a member of the French cabinet. The letters are very intimate in tone, and indicate that there was a warm friendship between the two men. Besides the letters, there are on exhibition some illustrated editions of some of Anatole France's shorter works. The letters have been lent to the library through the kindness of Mrs. E. B. Hill...
...word plebiscite comes from the Latin word plebiscitum, a decree of the plebs or common people. It was resurrected by the French during the Revolution and possibly its most famed application in modern history was in 1852 when the French coup d'etat of 1851 was confirmed and the title of Emperor of the French given to Napolean III. In Switzerland, under the name of referendum, the plebiscite has been in existence for a long time...
...second letter puts forward a point of view which is probably shared by many who attended the last fiery meeting of the Debating Union. The Military Science Department was assuredly not intended to be the subject of the debate, although some warning of the impending "coup d'etat" was given in the news columns of the CRIMSON. But the agitation which its theoretical abolition has stirred up makes it evident that an opportunity to get to the root of the matter would be more than welcome. The Debating Union need not look for suitable topics as long...
...detectives and editors. As the wife of the late John Reed, " Playboy of the Revolution," she has had more adventures in five years than ten ordinary women have in a lifetime. She first met the Communist leaders sketched in her book in 1917 during the Bolshevik coup d'etat which her husband described in what is still the most graphic and authentic picture of the revolution, as "Ten Days That Shook the World." When Reed went to Moscow in 1920 in disguise (being under indictment as one of the founders of the American Communist Labor Party), Louise Bryant followed...
...advise their respective teams. Mr. Haughton whispers to the quarterback; a most remarkable play is carried through, except that the pigskin comes to rest exactly where it was before, and Mr. Fisher chuckles audibly as he views the pile of arms and legs. His own coup d'etat fails as miserably as did his opponent's. A conference of the Big Two is held. They separate. Each tells his team the game is over. "But who won?" "We did", says Mr. Fisher. "We did", says Mr. Haughton. And they...