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...average convict is a young God-fearing native of the U. S., according to the annual report of Lewis E. Lawes, Warden of Sing Sing Prison at Ossining, N. Y. He says that out of the 1,452 prisoners, 1,445 profess membership in some religious denomination, 1,034 are native Americans, 1,008 held jobs at the time of their crime, 707 had gone to school up to the sixth grade, 67 have college degrees (an increase from 19 for the previous year). The average age of the prisoners...
...mention that since the attempt to establish a republic 14 years ago there have been 8 presidents or chief executives, 42 cabinets with a continuously changing membership, and 25 ministers of justice. The last president, Tsao Kun, was locked up in Peking from December, 1924, to April, 1926, because it was said he bought his office-yet no formal charge was ever made against him and he was never brought to trial. He was released when the armies of Wu Pei-fu and Chang Tso-lin entered Peking on Apr. 10, 1926. On that day the chief executive, Tuan...
...Seldes, who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, held several scholarships as an undergraduate at Harvard, and among his extra-curricular activities and listed membership in the Dramatic Club and on the Monthly Board...
After graduation Mr. Seldes turned immediately to journalism. From 1914 to 1918 he held positions, ranging from music editor to military expert, on various newspapers. His military experience in the years of the war included service as special correspondent from the British from and membership in the U. S. Army. More recently he has been Associate Editor of Collier's Weekly and Managing Editor of the Dial...
This morning at 12 o'clock in Harvard 3 the eleventh Assembly of the "League of Nations" is considering applications for membership from the "United States", "Mexico", "Turkey" and "Russia". The "United States" has applied for membership subject to eight reservations, which, after vigorous debate in the Sixth Committee, have been referred to a sub-committee, which will report to the Assembly today...