Word: holte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although it did not by any means disclose hitherto unknown facts in regard to the Covenant of the League of Nations," Mr. Hamilton Holt's spech at the Union last night under the auspices of the Woodrow Wilson Club was warmly received by his audience...
...Holt opened his talk with an expression of approval at the formation of a club in the University bearing the ex-President's name, which he believed, it seems, was in anticipation of the verdict of history. He then proceeded to trace through the ages the various attempts and agitations that have been made for some sort of an association or league of nations. These efforts began to reach their culmination when Mr. Taft's League to Enforce Peace met in Philadelphia before the end of the war, and gave to the world its idea of what principles such...
...Holt then proceeded to tell of the Paris Conference, at which Mr. Wilson made his famous speech in defense of the Covenant of the League. He minutely described the conference room and the more important delegates, and the impression which the ex-President was obviously making on his audience. The British and American drafts of the Covenant had been amalgamated, and the result was a document which embodied the best features of both, and it was this Covenant for which Mr. Wilson strove...
...University Woodrow Wilson Club, under whose auspices Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, will speak in the Union on Monday, has announced the election of the following officers: President, R. C. Stuart Jr. '21; vice-president, J. L. Brown 3L.; secretary, J. R. Williams '11, instructor in the English Department; and treasurer, T. E. O'Callaghan 1L. These men, together with Stuart Huckins ocC., W. E. Reilly '22 and F. S. Pollak '23, constitute the Executive Committee...
...Club is now launching a campaign to enlarge its numbers. A member of the Executive Committee will be in Grays 8 from 1 to 2 and from 6 to 7 P. M. today, tomorrow and Wednesday of this week, where tickets for the dinner to Mr. Holt, and membership cards, admitting to the reserved seats for his address, may be obtained. Membership is open to all men connected with the University...