Word: finale
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Before he entered Walter Reed Hospital last month to die, Secretary of War James William Good had not quite finished his first, and last annual report for his department. To his bedside before lapsing into final unconsciousness, he summoned his wife, gave her detailed instructions to be carried to his secretary. Forward-looking, optimistic, the report outlined Army plans and policies which another will now execute. Some facts set forth...
...Paris, soldiers, statesmen and war veterans paid tribute to the memory of France's great fighter with a final magnificent gesture. The dying Clémenceau had expressly enjoined that he be given no state funeral. Scrupulously were his wishes observed. But six days after the sod was tamped down on his simple pine coffin, some 12,000 War veterans marched slowly up the Champs Élysees, paused for an instant to pile flowers on the Unknown Soldier's grave in tribute. Leading the parade were President Doumergue. Prime Minister André Tardieu. Foreign Minister Briand, Marshal...
Righeimer next was seen in an informal bout with his former coach, Grasson. Peroy again demonstrated his unusual skill with the foils in an encounter with Levis, after which J. D. Allen '31 showed his superiority to H. B. Wessellman '31, also with foils. The final bout of the evening was sensational; Peroy and Grasson met once more, this time with sabres. Peroy was a great deal superior to his opponent, and with much informal chattering and joking, these two put on a pretty demonstration...
...this institution is an actual fact, Harvard can not ignore it. Although it has no official connection with the university it is made up of a majority of Harvard men, and is a Harvard movement in spirit if not in fact. The final hope is for incorporation with the University as a graduate school, a fact which certainly should be considered when passing judgment on this project. The fortunate part of this revival is that it has happened while there is yet time to preserve the tradition of Harvard influence in the American theater...
...been no mention of a new tradition, if it can be termed such, which, though having risen from purely individual desire, may be called a true precursor of the House Plan. The past few years have seen an increasing number of upperclassmen solve the housing concerns of their final year by remaining on the Gold Coast. This, to a measure much larger than is apparent at first sight, has been a contributing cause to the destruction of class solidity and in its way will be an invaluable aid to the success of the new experiment. If, without the express wish...