Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reduction law of 1926. From the conflicting opinions now being heard by the Committee, in all probability two bills will be drawn up. Then the Republican and the Democratic caucuses after some internal bickering will agree to them. The Ways and Means Committee will at last make two reports to the House, a majority (Republican) and a minority (Democratic) report. Then for several days the House will argue, and finally some sort of bill, probably with a number of compromises, will be agreed to and sent to the Senate. In the Senate the bill will be sent to the Committe...
...influence in 1889 by treaties with the Somali sultans and subsequent agreements with Britain, Zanzibar and Abyssinia. Since that time the sultanates of Obbia and Mijertins have been allowed to retain their de facto autonomy, but now Italian troops have "resumed" actual control of this territory. Fascist-censored cables report that, the natives "welcomed the Italians with benevolence and sympathy," and surrendered 2,000 rifles and much ammunition "without pulling a single trigger...
...Secretary's Report placed the total membership of the organization at 879,000; and the Secretary declared: "Congregationalists are working for fewer and better churches ... the time for rapid organization of new churches is past...
That a university or college may not restrain the academic freedom of its teachers, either in outside investigation or in the classroom, was the substance of a report rejected on Saturday by the Association of American Universities. The report, submitted by the American Council on Education, at the closing session of the twenty-seventh annual conference of the Association, was referred back to the individual colleges for action after a spirited debate...
...Student Council has announced its intention to appoint a special committee whose duty it will be to study and report upon the instructional methods now used in Harvard College, more particularly the relation of the tutorial system to the existing requirements for graduation. Many years ago a comprehensive study of our educational methods was made by a committee of the Faculty, and out of its report came the present scheme of concentration and distribution, replacing the old elective system. Indirectly, also, the plan of general examinations and the tutorial system have grown out of this study. So the Faculty...