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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Southern interest was further excited by reports that President Hoover was going to appoint, as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Democrat who held that post under President Wilson-Cato Sells of Texas. Mr. Sells now represents that considerable body of Democrats who deserted their party last year to support Herbert Hoover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Appointments | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

...previous experience is necessary for this competition, which will be the only one held this spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AVIATORS INAUGURATE FOUR-WEEK COMPETITION | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

...last meeting of the Schoolboy Rowing Association it was decided to hold the annual Schoolboy Regatta, which is sponsored by Harvard, in the Charles River Basin on Saturday June 1. The event which is open to all preparatory schools in the vicinity of Boston, is held each year to stimulate interest in schoolboy rowing. This year the race for the eights will be divided into two heats, one for private schools and the other for public schools. In the four-oared crew race, however, both divisions will row in the same heat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOOLBOYS TO COMPETE IN ANNUAL REGATTA JUNE 1 | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

...concerned about the details, and it is quite possible that not all agree on every item in the important undertaking which, because it is novel, is working out slowly, but the scheme as a whole is thoroughly acceptable. The graduates are almost unanimously favorable to it: at their meetings held since the announcement of Mr. Harkness's generous gift and in other places they have enthusiastically endorsed the plan, either formally or informally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "The Water's Fine" | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

...debate tonight will be held under the usual rules, with no decision. It will be open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY DEBATERS OPPOSE CARLETON TEAM THIS EVENING | 3/23/1929 | See Source »

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