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Colonel K. E. Clayton-Kennedy, one-fifth owner of the Chester Concession for the interior development of Turkey, recently arrived in Paris from Anatolia, main Turkish province in Asia Minor. He denied rumors that the Turkish Government had offered the Concession to the German Stinnes over the heads of the Ottoman-American Development Co., the concern which holds the Chester Concession. He stated, as proof to the contrary, that materials were in the course of shipment to Turkey; that engineers on the spot " were working under extra pressure to make up for the regrettable delays arising from the internal controversies...
Five German universities are closing down. They include, according to report, the internationally famous colleges at Halle, Marburg, Frankfort-am-Main. They have surrendered to poverty...
...rooms, the Union has done a thing which will be helpful to University life and which will rebound to its own credit. The "forty per cent rule" created a monopoly on meeting space in the Union which was contrary to one of the two main objects of its existence. The rule has been of doubtful efficiency in increasing membership, and through it the Union has certainly been prevented from becoming the center of the intellectual and extra-curriculum life of the University...
...important games is well-nigh impossible without an element of surprise. Coach Roper at Princeton has, however, decided to allow everyone to watch the team in the remainder of this season's daily workouts. Perhaps a few new plays may be rehearsed on the sly, but in the main practice will be open to all. The reason for this action is Coach Roper's expressed desire to have the undergraduates see at first hand the details of an established football system...
Brigadier-general Sir. Percy Sykes, Late commander of Colonial troops in Southern Persia, has placed a memorial wreath to Dillwyn Parrish Starr '08 at the base of the honor roll board in the main hallway of Widener Library. Starr was a lieutenant of the Cold stream Guard of the British army and was killed in action on September 15, 1916, at Giuchy in France. In his undergraduate days at the University he won his "H" on the football team during four successive years. The green wreath has a small Union Jack Pinned...