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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present agitation for European confederation on a great scale is subject to two inherent and stubborn difficulties. The first is the Asiatic complex. Anything approaching world confederation must take account of the two enormous aggregations of population in India and China, which together include about half the human race. No world union is possible so long as this vast population might out-vote the rest of the globe. The second difficulty is that, if the majestic idea of a vast federation is actually carried out in Europe, two of the most important units must he omitted. The first of them...
Europe is hampered by vital governmental problems from which the American States are practically free. In the first line comes the question of proportional representation...
This week-end the Flying Club is undertaking its first cross-country flight of the season. The plane, piloted by R. Gilmor '31 and G. Rand '32, will fly to the Aviation Country Club at Hicksville, Long Island, today and will be flown from there by other members who are spending the week-end on Long Island. The purpose of the flight is to provide experience in cross-country flying for qualified pilots, and to create an outside interest in the club and its activities...
Leaving Boston to December 25, the clubs will make their first public appearance in Pittsburgh the following evening Friday night, December 27, will find the musicians in Cincinnati, whence they will entrain for Louisville and Parlanburg where concerts are to be given on the evenings of December 28 and 29 respectively. Continuing their homeward trip, they will visit Washington December 30, New York January 1, and Philadelphia the next and final day of the journey...
Five concerts have been planned in anticipation of the holiday trip; the first will be in conjunction with the Harvard and Yale Glee Clubs on Friday November 22; a performance at the Harvard Club of Hingham, Friday, December 6 will be the second; next will be a joint concert at Roxbury Latin School, Friday, December 13; the fourth will be a joint program of the banjo and mandolin clubs and the Gold Coast Orchestra, with the Williams College Glee Club at Williams town, Saturday, December...