Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When Asiatic principalities are offered membership in the League they are expressly told that their membership will continue only as long as "domestic questions" are not submitted to the jurisdiction of the League. Curiously enough most Eastern countries, except Japan, have some grievance against one or other of the Western custodians of civilization. These grievances, if submitted to the League, would fall under the Category of domestic problems of the Western parties to the trouble. Therefore these problems could not be cared for by the League but would be handled arbitrarily by the Western powers concerned...
...enjoyed in their undergraduate years, is the erratic system of studying which is too often favored in college. In England the student gradually absorbs his understanding and love of his subjects. In America lectures are listened to daily and enjoyed, but not many students do their won outside work except when examinations are imminent...
...been won in the past four years by such stars as Joie Ray, Patrick Mahoney, Lloyd Hahn, and Leo Larrive. Larrivee is expected to run this year. In the dash events Hubert Houben, the German sprinter, and Frank Hussey, national 100-yard champion, are entered. All other events except the two relay races are to be handicap affairs...
...competition has been opened to all undergraduates except Freshmen regardless of whether they are members of the Hasty Pudding Club or not. The artist who submits the winning design with automatically become a member of the club...
Business prophets have spoken both optimistically and pessimistically at the year's opening, and as usual the future remains obscure to the average business man. Current business is good; none except the anthracite miners and a few others question that statement. The real interest in business relates to how long the present prosperity will last...