Word: lateral
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...study and report upon Prohibition. Two resolutions dealing with this committee were introduced in the Senate. Senator Jones (Dry) of Washington, suggesting the appointment of a Senatorial Committee, Senator Edge (Wet) of New Jersey suggesting the appointment of nine civilians, to be named, after March 4, by Mr. Hoover. Later, Senator Jones agreed with Senator Edge that the membership of the committee should be left to Mr. Hoover's decision, thereby virtually withdrawing the senatorial committee idea...
...Suddenly an Indian appeared, seized Miss Reed, beat her. Then, drawing a knife, he began to sever Miss Reed's scalp from her head. Fortunately, the operation was not completed. Screams from the victim attracted white men from the trading post. At their approach, the Indian ran, escaped. Later the Reservation Apaches were rounded up, three men arrested and paraded past the teacher's hospital bed, but she failed to recognize her assailant among them. Miss Reed is expected to recover...
...University Club, greatly aided by its orstwhlle leader, George Owen '23, recently turned star in professional ranks, eked out a 4 to 3 win over Harvard. The Crimson conquered McGill by a 3 to 2 count in an overtime clash and later fell before a powerful Toronto aggregation by the same score. In a return clash, an overtime period failed to break the scoreless deadlock...
...proper assignment of a specified number of representatives to the forty-eight states in proportion to their populations was an unsolved problem in Congress for over a hundred years. Up to 1921, no scientific tests of a good apportionment were known; a variety of empirical methods were tried and later discarded, and the decennial debates in the House were often bitter. On one occasion, after a long speech by Daniel Webster, the Senate reversed the action of the House on purely mathematical grounds. If the House is to be kept at its present size of 435 members, any gain...
...steam pipes were installed, connection was made with the system from the Elevated power plant. The heating service, even at that great distance, proved satisfactory and it was gradually extending until all the Yard buildings, except the house occupied by Professor Palmer, were connected with the central plant. Later the new Fogg Art Museum was brought into the system...