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...athletes to New Haven today who will strive for a long delayed Crimson triumph. Last year a brilliant but poorly balanced Harvard team came within a third of a point of defeating the powerful Eli; and this year, although still rated as the underdogs, the University track men seem nearer than ever to their goal of victory over their ancient rivals...
...Russia, it seemed last week, were edging cautiously nearer the League...
...Said President Dr. Jonkheer J. Loudon, sturdy Netherlander: "It is evident that the world political situation is not yet ripe. . . . We must prepare public opinion not to expect wonders at once. . . . Discussion has shown that an agreement cannot be reached until public opinion in many lands has drawn nearer to a common focus, permitting governments to modify their positions. . . ." Progress. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, recipient of the first Wilson "Peace Prize"* (TIME, Dec. 15, 1924) and British delegate on the Preparatory Commission, described the Commission's "progress" last week in optimistic terms. Said he: "The Commission has carried...
This understanding, engendered in the open minds of audiences in every country, will lessen hatred between countries, thus bringing nearer the arrival of world peace said Mr Hays. The militons who daily throng to see American films, 90 percent of which are made by the companies under my supervision, are influenced to an extent never possible by books or the press...
...fast game of table shuffle board. Played by teams of two, in which two men of opposing sides stand at each end off a long table, the objective is to have your two ash trays nearest the other end of the table. If one contestant can get both nearer than his opponent does, his side scores two points, if only one is ahead a single marker is put up for his team...