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...members of this group were loath to give any concrete statement of the conclusions which they had drawn as to Harvard's track chances after seeing the Yale and Princeton track stars in action. But the general concensus of opining seems to be that Harvard has an outside chance of beating Yale on the following Saturday...
...seat occupied by David Ignatius Walsh, pugnacious Democrat. NO man could battle David Walsh with one hand, and guide the fortunes of the Republican National Campaign with the other-hoping to do both successfully. C. Bascom Slemp has been suggested as an alternative. But the President may be loath to part with his able Secretary...
...birth control in that city (who include Health Commissioner Herman N. Bundesen, M. D.), when he granted a mandamus petition to compel the city to issue a license for the proposed birth control clinic, theme of great agitation. Judge Fisher's decision contained these words: " I am loath to subscribe to the proposition that knowledge of birth preventive methods would materially lessen morality. If true, it would be sad to contemplate the weakness of our moral sense." The city will appeal. It contends that there are no non-injurious preventive methods. Some physicians testified to the contrary. The clinic...
...Senator Hiram Johnson seems ever bit as loath as President Coolidge to announce an active candidacy. Mr. Coolidge is glad to let matters continue in their present form. Mr. Johnson has as yet no excuse for announcing a candidacy. The fact that he will probably be the first choice of the South Dakota pre-primary convention is only a matter of local politics. Mr. Coolidge will doubtless derive as much advantage from being named second as Mr. Johnson from being named first...
...Governing Boards, gave the University authorities the right to make a change. It was decided to introduce a postal ballot, but to retain also the balloting at the polls on Commencement Day, as this has become a traditional feature of the Commencement program which many graduates would be loath to give...