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...H.Y.P debates were omitted this year for two reasons. In the first place the triangle was not included, as in former years, on the League schedule, but Brown and Wesleyan were substituted instead. In the second place, the Chairman of the Princeton Speaker's Union, who had charge of the arrangements for this year (not Harvard), informed us that he had written Yale and that they were "not interested" in holding the debate, presumably because it was not included on the League schedule and would have meant extra preparation and expense. Moreover he said that the debate could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debated Points | 5/14/1929 | See Source »

Next day the commission took Ambassador Gibson's cue by voting to omit "trained reserves" from any plan for the general reduction of armaments which they may succeed in drafting. Since the Versailles treaty prohibits Germany from having any "trained reserves"?whereas the other Powers may now have as many as they please?the German delegation vehemently protested the Hoover concession, but to no purpose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Bombshells & Concessions | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

Despite Mr. Young's announcement, however, prophets in political circles refuse to omit his name from the list of candidates for the assistant attorney generalship, for he has long been recognized as one of the leading supporters of President Hoover as well as one of the nation's leading lawyers. After being graduated from Harvard College in 1907 and from the Law School in 1911, he was admitted to the bar and has been held one of the leading members. He was a member of the Board of Overseers of the University from 1922 to 1928, and has given almost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YOUNG REPUDIATES ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS APPOINTMENT | 3/16/1929 | See Source »

...rules, which will go into effect this fall, will not affect the language requirements, as students with four years of French and German behind them will have little difficulty with these barriers. They will, however, enable students to omit the more elementary courses in these languages, such as French 1 and 2, and concentrate at the beginning of their Freshman year on more advanced work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR YEAR FRENCH AND GERMAN TO BE ACCEPTED | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...decided to omit Venezuela and Cuba from the Hoover itinerary and proceed, after 60 hours in Rio, direct to Key West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hoover Progress | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

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