Word: interred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...avoid squabbling and charges of favoritism, the Mother Country would not fix a separate quota for her imports from each Dominion. Instead British wheat importers would be required to show that a certain percentage of all their imports (55% was suggested), came from one or more Dominions. Inter-Dominion competition for the British market would thus be kept keen...
...conclusion it is my hope that we may be able to repay the courtesy some day when the "Crimson" comes West for an inter-sectional contest. Willard J. Classen
...charter, "Whereas it is repugnant to the liberal principles of Societies, that they should be confined to any particular place, men or Description of men, and as the same should be extended to the wise & virtuous of what ever degree." It had brought as concrete results, an inter-change of ideas with other chapters; the institution of Anniversary Meetings in which the greatest of Harvard's graduates brought new and vital thoughts to the University; the establishment in 1785 of a library for the use of the Society; the foundation in 1797 of a fund "to relieve those members...
Nothing comparable to the Oxford Union Society exists at Harvard today. This organization, now a real power at Oxford, was founded in 1823. In its origins it was purely a debating society, and now, after a hundred years, debating remains its raison d'etre. The first inter-collegiate contest in which it engaged was in 1829, when the representatives of the Cambridge Union were met at Oxford. William Edward Gladstone, then President of the Union, arranged this meeting. The motion on this occasion read, 'that Shelley as a poet was superior to Byron." The Oxford men defended creditably their late...
...excellent opportunity for inexperienced upperclassmen to learn how to row, especially these looking forward to participation in the inter-house rowing in the spring, will be available when winter practice starts today in the tank at Nowell Boathouse. Coach E. J. Brown will offer personal supervision every day from 11 to 1 o'clock except on Saturdays, until December 18 and will continue again from January 4 until the beginning of the mid-year period. The tank is reserved for Freshman use after 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The first year men, under the leadership of Coaches...