Word: minore
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Minor Sports Council will meet tonight to consider the establishment of a minor "H" to be established in the University...
...Minor sports letters are awarded at many colleges, notably Yale, Cornell, and Princeton. At Yale a minor sports insignia is awarded for winning a Big Three Championship. Similarly at Cornell, minor sports letters are awarded championship teams. At Princeton the winning of a Big Three or league championship are qualifications for such a reward...
Italy. The noted volcanologist, Professor Malladra, expressed satisfaction at a minor eruption of Vesuvius, which frightened out of their wits the grape growers who till the rich soil at its base. "There is no cause for alarm," he said. "I myself have been growing more alarmed month by month as the volcano has not erupted. The nature of its volcanic structure is such that it should erupt at a regular three-monthly period. Recently it has lagged behind its period for five months; and I confess to having felt great uneasiness lest the period should stretch to a year...
Professor Earle, who was formerly Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of the youngest authoritative students in this country of the Near East. He has spent several months during the last two years in the Asia Minor countries and is thoroughly acquainted with the situation...
...France has been in Syria since 1919, partly by right of treaty and partly by right of conquest. The conquest element was the less important of the two. The French have never kept a very large army in the Asia Minor country and most of that army was composed of natives. The conquest was involved in the bombardment of Damascus. The commander of the French army issued an ultimatum to the Syrian government which was answered and given to the French representative in Damascus, who delayed it until the time had expired and the army marched on the city...