Word: lente
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, Feb. 26--Contrary to popular imagination, the last weeks of the Lent term are amongst the busiest of the whole academic year. It is, in vulgar parlance, the close of the "winter season", the time when the piece de resistance of many a club and society's program is held, whilst "annual dinners" are consumed nightly in the hostelries of the town...
...Lent Races Are Over...
...river all is peaceful again after the Lent races. Although in one or two rather conspicuous instances vigor completely outshone style and finish, the standard of the rowing was such as to promise plenty of good material for the more important May races held at the beginning of June. Jesus College retained the headship of the river...
George Harvey, American Ambassador, made a speech at a Pilgrims' dinner in London. He said that America had never asked Britain to guarantee money lent to the other Allies, and he repudiated Lord Balfour's contention (note to the Allied Powers on War Debts, Aug. 1, 1922) that the United States Government had so insisted " in substance, if not in form." Not content with having made a useless diplomatic blunder, Mr. Harvey was willing to prove it; for he implied that the British Government would withdraw the "unfortunate allusions" made by Lord Balfour six months...
...arguing the affirmative of the question, "Resolved: That the United States should enter into an agreement for the mutual cancellation of interallied debts", showed that the present economic condition of the Allies made collection of the debt almost impossible and that the United States has profited from the money lent, since most of it has been spent in this country. The Freshmen who made the trip were J. M. Perkins, W. P. Exton, and. H. C. Davidson, with A. S. Keller as alternate...