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...Battle of Magnesia in 190 B.C. two potent Roman legions worsted the hordes of King Antiochus, won the decisive victory which placed all Asia Minor under the Pax Romana...
...Moslem, left London for Paris (he has a home in Paris) last week, it was rumored and denied that he was not gone "for the holidays" but to India for momentous consultations. Stock reasons why Britain must hold India: 1) "she cannot relinquish her trust"; 2) deprived of the Pax Britannica, India would be torn with Hindu-Moslem civil war; 3) "Britain is the only sure defense of the Untouchables," some 45,000,000 souls; 4) politically Indians are too "childish" to rule themselves. In India Last Week...
...Outside of Boston neither suggestion has been warmly received. Astronomers, a conservative clan, will likely select a classical name. If Clyde Tombaugh, first human actually to see the planet, suggests a name satisfactory to astronomers, it will doubtless be accepted. Names suggested last week: Telesis, Noveno, Amos, Andy, Tunney, Pax, Archie, Nonus, Cronos, Ceres, Juno, Vulcan, Persephone, Minerva, Excelsis, Coolidge, Hoover, Jesus...
Program to be conducted by Arthur Fiedler March, "On the Mall" Goldman Overture to "Oberon" Weber Fantasia, "Madame Butterfly" Puccini Songs with Orchestra a. Pax et lux F. E. Dow '09 b. Victory Song W. N. Rose '12 c. Tuftonia's Days F. W. Hayes '16 Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens Ave Maria Bach-Gounod Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin Songs with Orchestra a. An Old Time Celebration F. W. Newton '90 b. That Mascot P. B. Lewis '18 c. Dear Alma Mater L. R. Lewis '87 Selection, "Show Boat" Keru Walts, "Estudiantina" Waldteufel Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa
Through the rain at the head of the petticoat parades rode equestriennes on white horses, attired in long blue mantles and three-cornered hats, while behind straggled the grim retainers. One delegation wore the regulation pilgrimage "jumper" with the word "Pax" and a dove of peace across the center of the back...