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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reparations. If Premier Baldwin is re-elected to power or if a Liberal Ministry succeeds, Britain will once more take an active place in the councils of the Allies and, it was stated, she will threaten to end the Entente once and for all unless her wishes are met...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPARATIONS: The Latest Plan | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

...procession was headed by the Duke of York and the occasion was the installation of the Unknown Soldier as Grand Master of the Order. The ceremony was highly impressive. On entering the Abbey the Order was met by the clergy and choir, all dressed in medieval habits, and they and some of the Order proceeded up che main aisle to the high altar where the Pro-Grand Master received an offering of gold from the Almoner and presented it to the Dean, who dedicated it. Then sounded a joyous fanfare of trumpets and the procession re-formed and wound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Surprise | 12/10/1923 | See Source »

...Committee which met at a dinner in the Union last night includes the following members; Dean Greenough, Chairman; Delmar Leighton, Secretary; J. W. Hallowell, 01, the Reverend Palfrey Perkins '05 T. N. Perkins '91, Percy S. Straus '97, A. M. White '92, Professor J. M. Brower '15 Ph. D., Professor G. H. Parker '87, Professor A. M. Tozzer '00, J. W. D. Seymour '17, J. D. DuBois '24, B. M. Henry '24, Corliss Lamont '24 F. A. O. Schwarz '24, Dr. K. B. Murdock '16, Professor P. J. Sachs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOWELL TO SPEAK ON CHOOSING A CAREER | 12/8/1923 | See Source »

...answer to the problem is perhaps simpler than it would appear. Hitherto every effort has been made to arouse enthusiasm for minor sports carefully organized on the varsity team basis. These efforts have met with failure. Squash, on the other hand, per force largely an informal sport and for the great majority of participants not organized on any basis of a team and regular attendance, has become more and more popular. Apparently the Harvard undergraduate is interested in a minor sport provided it is not over-organized. It might prove wise and profitable, carrying out this idea in other minor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INDIFFERENCE OR INFORMALITY | 12/4/1923 | See Source »

Over ten years later, on November 5, 1892, Harvard met Cornell on a muddy field with rain falling constantly. At this game, "someone had the sensible thought to weigh the players in uniform before they went on the field and again after the game. It was found that there was an average increase of twenty-five pounds in contrast to an average loss in weight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wet Football Games No New Thing at University--Every Man in 1892 Cornell Game Picked Up 25 Pounds of Mud | 12/4/1923 | See Source »

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