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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...West re-scan the article and observe that TIME spoke of Secretary of Interior Roy O. West's "past affiliations and investments" when stating the consensus of opinion that "it looked very much as though Secretary West's appointment would not be confirmed." This consensus having been reversed by the Senate (TIME, Jan. 28), congratulations to Secretary West...
...acts are shoddy reach-me-downs from former successes. They are not clipped short before they begin to pall. The music is a damp package of the old fireworks. Several of the set tings, notably "The Celebrated Popoff's Porcelains," are direct steals from such past Bat Theatre triumphs as the "Dutch Platter Porcelains...
...once served as lawyer to Samuel Insull, than whom there is no mightier powerman. Indeed, just before his appointment Mr. West sold for $118,000 certain Insull securities which he had acquired for $67,000. Mr. West took the position that his Insull connection was a thing of the past, but, even so, promised to withdraw from any matter affecting Insull interests. To Senator Norris and his fellow "Progressives," however, the adequate control of public utilities is the greatest issue in the country, and nothing would do but that the West appointment be rejected. The "power-trust" issue having been...
...Classical Department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and a tutor in the Department of English and the Classics, when asked his opinion of the duties of the tutors under the House plan. Peterkin speaks from experience gained as a tutor in the University for the past four years, and from knowledge of the English system in practice at Oxford and Cambridge...
...triangular meet with Brown and Holy Cross on May 4, replacing the usual meet with M. I. T., is one of the feature events on the spring track schedule which has been announced by the Athletic Association. For the past few years the Penn Relays during the last week of April have been followed by a dual meet with M. I. T. on the first Saturday in May. This meet, however, has usually been very onesided with the result that the Athletic Association has undertaken the triangular meet as an innovation for the outdoor season...