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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Whether or not Chief of Chaplains Axton would be involuntarily retired or not appeared to depend upon the lobbying strength of various church organizations in sympathy with his efforts to obtain for modest "sky pilots," Army rankings which they consider commensurate with the spiritual plane of their duties. Should Chief of Chaplains Axton, the Utah Congregationalist, be retired, next in line for his post would be Chaplain E. P. Easterbrook, Methodist Episcopalian now stationed at Fort Sam Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Religion's Ranking | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...Bingham, '16, Director of Athletics, received Carlton's resignation on Saturday with the request that the letter remain unopened until after the Harvard Holy Cross game that afternoon. In view of the unusual nature of this resignation, the CRIMSON endeavored to obtain the text of the Carlton's statement. But the letter is now in the hands of the Athletic Committee and its contents may not be divulged without the sanction of a plenary session of that body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CARLTON RESIGNS MANAGERSHIP OF UNIVERSITY TEAM | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...Aycock and his fellows have tried in vain to obtain a serum from the blood of artifically infected monkeys, for the monkey, although the only animal susceptible to the disease, is so sensitive that it cannot survive the attack of the paralysis germ. For this reason the Commission is requesting volunteers, survivors of the disease, to come forward with offers of their own blood. So far as results to date have been tabulated, the serum treatment seems a remedy for infantile paralysis if it is administered within the three days which ordinarily elapse between infection and actual paralysis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Commission is Carrying on Fight to Check Infantile Paralysis--Work Headed by Dr. W. L. Aycock | 10/11/1927 | See Source »

Students in the University who wish to apply for Rhodes Scholarships and whose homes are in states holding elections this year, must obtain letters of recommendation from President Lowell on or before Saturday, it has just been announced by Professor W. C. Greene '11, secretary of the Massachusetts Selection Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RHODES SCHOLARS WILL BE ELECTED ON DECEMBER 10 | 10/3/1927 | See Source »

...statistics and figures show tremendous work accomplished and continuous improvement. Labor never before had conditions such as obtain now. The trade unions rule the country and everything is open to labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Two Views | 9/26/1927 | See Source »

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