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That he carried out his purpose is evi-lenced by his work in the last few years. In 1921 he was instrumental in bringing together seventeen national organizations, which were in favor of the plan for limitation of armaments, into a National Council for the Limitation of Armaments. Since that time the organization has changed its name to the National Council for the Prevention of War, due to the accomplishments of the Washington conference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WAR PREVENTION SUBJECT OF DEBATING UNION TALK | 11/22/1924 | See Source »

Educators are much exercised over the wholesale dissemination of "literary poison" in current fiction. A Canadian interested in the matter points out in the "Educational Review" that seventeen American magazines have been officially barred from Canada because of the salacious character of their contents. In discussing this problem Professor BHss Perry says: "Pernicious is that class of books that identify human behavior with animal behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAN OR BEAST? | 11/4/1924 | See Source »

...week found Mr. Bryan "tired but hopeful" after making seventeen speeches. He returned to Nebraska, nursing a cold, to swing around the home state once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Alarums & Excursions | 11/3/1924 | See Source »

...surface in the games with North Carolina and Georgia. Coach Woodruff, in his statement after the game to the Yale Daily News maintains also that Yale is weak against a strong forward passing game. This does not quite seem to follow from the Georgia game, since out of seventeen attempted passes the Georgians completed but six, while one was intercepted and the others failed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECONSTRUCTION WEEK BEGINS FOR YALE TEAM WHICH MEETS DARTMOUTH SATURDAY | 10/15/1924 | See Source »

...hundred and seventeen men are enrolled in the Graduate School of Business Administration, it was announced yesterday. Of these 102 are Harvard graduates, the remainder representing 176 different colleges in the world. 46 States are represented in the list, 2 United States possessions, and 13 foreign countries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Business School Enrolls 617 | 10/3/1924 | See Source »

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