Word: following
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next step on the road to independence will be the assembly July 4 of a convention to draft a constitution. When that fundamental document is approved by the President of the U. S., establishment of a Commonwealth next Jan. 1 will follow. Finally independence will come ten years after the birth of the Commonwealth...
...marry the sheik's daughter. He has taken to wife over 100 of them in the past ten years, divorced most of them (no disgrace in Arabia). Because he has given up camels for fast bullet-proof motor cars in conducting desert warfare, his favorite wives follow the flag in a close-shuttered regulation police van or pie wagon, safe from prying eyes. Ever since the War Ibn Saud has been fighting to extend his realm. By 1925 he had completed conquest of the Hejaz which contains the holy cities of Medina and Mecca, winning at the same time...
...institutions of higher learning, Harvard's prestige has been threatened. No longer can she boast that the best authorities in all fields of learning are numbered among her faculty; no longer can she point with pride to every department of the University as an example for other institutions to follow. Cases in point are the Engineering School, and the School of Education, both in need of renovation if they are to compete successfully with similar schools of other universities. Several of the faculties of the Arts and Sciences department need young men of intellectual vigor to carry on when...
...work of completing the new Stadium which is now being carried forward under the supervision of Professor I. N. Hollis will follow in general the plans of the original design. The work, which will not be complete until the first part of August, will be temporarily discontinued during Class Day week...
...time has definitely arrived when the administration officials or the chief executive himself must outline in detail the policy the government will follow in the future. During the chaotic period when the administration changed hands the people were clamoring for action, any action at all, so long as the situation was in some way relieved. The new President gave them the action they desired. At that time, however, all kinds of plans were tried out and anything that looked as though it might succeed was put into effect. There was no time for thoughtful consideration of conditions or suggested panaceas...