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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Monday, June 4 I purchased a copy of TIME and was delighted to find under the section devoted to Religion a story about the appearance on the platform of Kansas City, of Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion of the world, colored and convicted violator of the Mann Act. I was delighted because I had been scoffed at by Methodists for saying that I had seen an item concerned with the same speaker in a local daily. Here at last, I felt, was proof of the actuality, for I and others, place much faith in the verity of TIME...
...182.Of Tientsin's former militarist masters the last to evacuate was blunt, bearish Marshal Chang* Tsung-chang, notorious during the present Civil War for his ruthless cruelty (TIME, March 7, 1927). As Chang's armored train pulled out for Manchuria, he growled to correspondents: "I won't answer questions! How should I know how many men I've got left, or how much money I've got left, or how many wives I've got left...
...Conn., June 20--In the draw for lanes today for the Harvard-Yale regatta, Harvard won the East course for all the contests. Instead of tossing a coin as had been done in former years, two pieces of paper with the names of the lanes marked on them were drawn out of a hat. This was done four times, once for each of the four races...
...number of men elected to the Society each year from 45 to 65. Other important business which will be dealt with at the meeting includes a proposal to change the day of the Phi Beta Kappa ceremonies during Commencement Week from Friday to Monday. This would revive a former custom and be more convenient for members...
President Lowell has written the introduction to the volume which is featured by Professor S. E. Morison's short "History of Harvard College" LeBaron Russell Briggs '75, former Dean of Harvard College, writes on "Harvard and the Individual": Dean Alfred Chester Hanford Ph.D. '23 discusses "Recent Educational Developments." W. J. Bingham '16, director of Athletics, contributes an article on "Harvard Athletics." Henry Cannon Clark '11, treasurer of the Alumni Association, writes on "Crew and Football" W. I. Nichols '26, assistant dean of the College, analyzes "Habits, Customs, and Manners at Harvard" and R. A. Stout '29, managing editor...