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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Union during the dancing but not in the individual boxes during the supper hour. If any box chairmen wish individual punch bowls in their boxes it will be necessary for them to provide for themselves. These may be brought to the boxes some time tomorrow and if the chairmen prefer they may make arrangements with some caterer. There will be an opportunity, however, to secure bowls and punch from the Steward of the Union...
...able men into politics. We have had to pay for our lack of interest by putting up with a dozen Curleys, Hylans and Thompsons for every executive of real ability like Nathan Matthews and John Purroy Mitchell. If Senator Walsh rightly interprets the sentiment of American voters, if they prefer to see college men who ought to be able to become intelligent reformers, avoid the problem, then we shall have plenty of time to keep on paying the bill for incompetency and graft...
...proper intervals for the too rest." These sections would then be set aside as standing room for men. The advantage is evident--at least twice as many spectators could be accommodated as could be seated in the same space, and "there are many thousands of Harvard enthusiasts who would prefer to stand throughout a game than not to see it at all." In opposition, the only criticism that suggests itself is the steepness of the ramp--but that could probably be overcome by the carpenter's ingenuity. Favorable arguments are plentiful. Surely it is easier to remain standing than...
...stake, and the right of Japan there form a very strong case in international law, circumstances have made it a moral issue in public opinion with a strong appeal on behalf of China. Naturally to Chinese want the case kept before the court of public opinion, while the Japanese prefer to have the case settled out of court...
Some Irrepressible optimists are already beginning to talk about the years to come. Admirable as their attitude may be in the abstract, it is a painful and ineffectual remedy for the depression which has seized the rest of the University. Oblivious to the future, most of the undergraduates prefer to remain while among the desolate ruins of the present. When time has eventually given the disaster its proper perspective, there will be consolation in the knowledge that Coach Jones has laid the solid foundations for ultimate success...