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From the Lesser to the Greater Antilles the flyer took the tiniest hop of his trip. San Juan, Porto Rico was only 90 miles away. Col. Lindbergh doubled the distance by flying out of his way in a sharp arc to give natives of St. Croix Island a glimpse of him in passing. At San Juan he had three notable experiences. The first was an orderly and properly policed landing. The propensities of crowds on three continents to smash police lines wherever formed around a Lindbergh terminal was checked in Porto Rico. Six hundred native police, local militia...
Although Porto Ricans are U. S. citizens, and although their island has been part of the U. S. since 1898, an appeal was transmitted, last week, to President Coolidge, asking that Porto Rico might be constituted "a free state...
...debating teams, one from the Philippine Islands and the other from Porto Rico have just been added to the schedule of the University debating team, it was announced last night by A. F. Reel '28, president of the Harvard Debating Council. The speakers from the Philippine Islands will represent the University of the Philippines, which is located at Manila. The other team will come from the University of Porto Rico, at Rio Piedras. At the same time the names were announced of the next two colleges against which the University speakers will debate in the second series of the Intercollegiate...
...understood that this is the first time in the history of the Debating Council that the activities of the Council have been extended to include a foreign team other than the English teams. The team from Porto Rico will journey to Cambridge some time in April for its contest, to be followed the next month by the Philipine team. The exact dates will be announced later. The question for neither of the debates has as yet been definitely decided, but it is expected that the questions will deal with the problem of international relations...
...Porto Rico. People: U. S. citizens. Horace M. Towner is the U. S. Governor. His salary $10,000. Population: Spanish whites 950,000, mulattos 300,000, blacks 50,000. The natives elect their own Senate & House and further elect a resident Commissioner who represents them in the U. S. Congress. Island ceded by Spain to U. S. in 1898. At San Juan is the ancient Shrine of Ponce de Leon and the new Condado-Vanderbilt Hotel. Juan Ponce de Leon was appointed by Columbus the Lieut. Governor of "Hispaniola" (Haiti) and from there captured the island of Porto Rico, believing...