Word: promptings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard's corporation, and very ably representative qualities he brings to his new position. There is always a demand, as there is a need, that the fellows of the University should not be wholly drawn from among men resident here in Boston, however much it might contribute to the prompt and easy despatch of Harvard's business to have them so chosen. Since the death of Mr. Robert Bacon, this need of outside representation had gone unfulfilled. Mr. Byrne's appointment supplies it. A New York lawyer of the first rank, a man who has manifested his interest in education...
...electric wires in the basemen of the Varsity Club yesterday noon started a fire causing a damage estimated at $1000 before it could be extinguished. The fire was discovered at 5.30 by an employee of the Union, which found the kitchen of the Varsity Club filled with smoke. The prompt response of the Fire Department to his alarm prevented the fire from reaching dangerous dimensions...
...government of the Saar basin by a commission of the League of Nations is a very interesting experiment in international administration," said Professor Charles H. Haskins in a recent lecture on the Rhine and the Saar questions as they appeared at the Peace Conference. "Granted the prompt organization of a league such as the treaty contemplates, this experiment in commission government has a fair chance of success, and by its success or failure the league will be in large measure judged in western Europe...