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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proposed expedition of scientists into the wilds of Patagonia to secure--"dead or alive"--the much-talked-of Plesiosaurus, the reported living relic of the--mesozoic age, has met with unexpected difficulties: the Argentine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has taken a firm stand against any such desiccation of natural wonders. This stand has astonished not a few of our great American dailies which have been prone to ridicule it as the result of superabundant Latin sympathy for the feelings of the "saurus", who--having since before tertiary times led a life of untrammeled prehistoric ease...
...encouraging point is that some of the crews have already attained greater steadiness and form than any of the fall eights. The past week's work has proved without a doubt that the three weeks spent on the machines and the tank have enabled the men to get a firm basis of form on which to rest the work of the season...
...improved equipment and facilities afforded the other activities. Also the "weak sister", swimming, which has been holding back the other sports, has been dropped entirely, releasing men for other activities and removing what was becoming a permanent stain on the University's athletic record. With basketball's firm establishment and success has come greater publicity for all the minor sports, which has been a considerable factor in drawing new men into them...
...trade, it becomes clear that while China is not entirely free from faults, the present condition in which she finds herself is by no means entirely the result of her own actions or defects, but has been very largely imposed by unscrupulous actions of other powers. It is my firm conviction that if today we could secure the adoption of the policy on the part of all concerned, "Hands Off China Except To Help," the Chinese would be able in due time to solve their own problems. But it is only fair to allow China the same measure of time...
...this same year that the first intercollegiate contest was held when Yale challenged us to two contests, the first to be held at Cambridge and the second at New Haven. The tremendous interest which was aroused and the general success of the novel event established intercollegiate debating on a firm footing...