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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Ensued a squabble royal while the library stood inscriptionless. Wrathful Monsignor Ladeuze caused to be clandestinely prepared a second set of balustrade stones spelling: In Bella Reducta; In Pace Resti-tuta ("Destroyed In War; Restored In Peace"). The secret leaked out. Mr. Warren hired roustabouts and huskies to rush his stones into place. Rector Ladeuze stopped them with a court injunction and the entire police force of Louvain, then hired other huskies to put up his stones. No sooner were they in place than a band of his own students appeared shouting "Vive Warren! Vive Mercier!", climbed to the roof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Furore Teutonico Diruta | 10/21/1929 | See Source »

...inter-collegiate athletic contest as a sound social agent. In the very solidarity of the Army ranks is a situation which makes it impossible for Harvard men to be unaware of the nature of these guests from the Hudson. They stand out clear in the view of their hosts, set aside from the motley crowds which throng the stadium. And this picture of the Corps is sure to create an impression on all those who see it today. A real, vivid impression, not one which will be swallowed up in a thousand others, but which will survive for longer than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONCERNING THE DAY | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...directing the Army forces, but even his stellar work did not suffice to keep the Crimson from pushing over a last minute touchdown to win its sixth consecutive victory by 6 to 0 count. It was during this series of games that the West Point combination received its worst set-back, that in 1899 when Harvard piled up a total of 29 points to its opponent's 0. During this stretch, too, the aspiring generals succeeded in making their only score prior to last year's game when they sent over a touchdown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gridiron Ghosts | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

Some names have come down to us from the history of these eventful and stirring times, names baptized in the blood of Liberty. The famous General Putnam built a set of bastions there in 1777. Molly Pitcher took a shot with her husband's cannon at advancing British regulars. Thaddeus Kosciusko organized and perfected the fortification in 1778. A great iron chain was forged and stretched across the river on log floats. Mad Anthony Wayne defended its position. Baron Steuben drilled our troops; Washington lived there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STIRRING HISTORY OF POINT RECALLED | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...fact be successfully conducted is amply proved by Fine Art Ic and Id, elementary courses without entrance requirements which are popular and at the same time maintain a high academic standard, and there is no reason why Music 3 and 4 could not profit from the example set by these courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE FIELD OF THE ARTS | 10/18/1929 | See Source »

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