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...immense satisfaction of authorities at Geneva, the United States is likewise giving the League statistics and information pertinent to League investigations, and has, moreover, departed from her quondam policy of answering League communications eight months after their receipt, now answering the with solicitous promptitude. The reason is obvious. After years of uncertainty, the United States is finally determined on isolation. After years of attempted conversion, the League has given the United States up for a bad job and left her to the good graces of that isolation. Being farther apart in fact, the two are closer together in understanding...
Sickness dealt a blow to Crimson hopes for another state squash championship with the receipt of word from Chicago yesterday that due to an attack of bronchitis which confines him to his home, R. S. Wright '26, number one on the squad, will be unable to play against the strong Boston Athletic Association team this afternoon. The matches will be played from 2.30 to 5.30 o'clock on the University Squash Courts...
...Upon receipt of the report of his Air Inquiry Board (see ARMY & NAVY), the President declared: "The President wishes to acknowledge the distinguished public service rendered by the members of the Aircraft Board, which has just completed its report. He believes that the thanks of the entire country go out to those eminent citizens who so promptly responded to his call on Sept...
...begin with, a new formation for the receipt of a kickoff which resulted in some excellent run-backs. For its running attack the team lined up with an unbalanced line as before, but the old round-the-center shift has gone. The primary formation of the two halfbacks and the fullback in a line parallel to the line of scrimmage suggested Dartmouth and other teams, something very different from former Harvard teams...
...collect an "income tax" of 20 francs a head from the natives of the Congo. The task looked impossible. But the Governor is resourceful. According to reports he directed the natives to capture and bring in rare butterflies especially the kind called Urania. He gives them a tax receipt and then retails the insects for about 30 francs apiece to collectors in Europe...