Word: orientator
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...brought out earlier at a Navy investigation: the Washington date line on the story was phony. It originated in Chicago and was credited to Stanley Johnston, a garrulous, black-mustachioed, Australian-born opportunist who had served in the Australian Army in World War I, knocked around Europe and the Orient for 20 years, worked for the Tribune's London bureau. He came to the U.S. after the fall of France, married a former showgirl (whom he had met in Paris), and became a U.S. citizen. Johnston had recently returned from the Pacific where he had happened...
...attempt to further orient new Freshmen into House activities, Winthrop House will hold a closed dance free to all House members tomorrow night to the music of "Ben Dudley and His Regimentals." To insure the dance's success, the Dance Committee has arranged to procure dates for any erst-while stags who wish them...
...evening session of the round-table conference on the "League of Nations and the Post-War World" will be Hans Kohn, professor of History at Smith College and lecturer at the Summer School, Kohn's talk, the final one of the sessions, will be on the subject "Russia, the Orient, and the League...
...supplies from the Allies. If this is not feasible, there is a crying need for the Allies to open another front to take the pressure off China. The changing international situation makes Japan's task of offering peace to China easier. Today, with her wide hold on the Orient, Japan can afford to be less afraid of China. Japan might consider offering to withdraw her troops from all territories south of the Great Wall. The advantages to her would be inestimable and the dangers have been minimized in the last seven months...
...something of a freak. It is not surprising, therefore, that in his graduate days Edwin Reischauer should have found himself at the head of a one-man class in Chinese. It is still less surprising, that, with the present demand for men versed in the outlandish tongues of the Orient, the freak of yesterday should suddenly be transformed into the expert of almost unique utility today. He who once imbibed the cup of knowledge in solitary splendor now dispenses its to some sixty would-be Intelligence men, interpreters, and Far Eastern experts...