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Coach E. L. Farrell is now preparing a squad of 50 men to compete in the American Legion games on the afternoon of February 22. He announced yesterday several features of the program important from the University's standpoint...
...mile University and Freshman relay battle with Yale, a mile relay against M. I. T., Harvard runners contesting in half a dozen other events with a galaxy of world's record holders, intercollegiate champions, and national amateur titlists--these are the important events from the University's standpoint in the B. A. A. games tonight in the Arena...
Aside from any considerations of national defense or possible fraudulent handling of public property, the "Teapot Dome" scandal has assumed almost a purely political aspect. It happens that the Navy Department has lost nothing from the standpoint of national defense; it may turn out that the graft which the layman has come to expect in public administration was even less malignant than usual. But the affair has been an excuse for setting off all the fireworks of party animosity, of corrosive personal attacks and of bitter Congressional suspicion...
With one victory to his credit wants another. His argument is this: From a military standpoint the present canal is weak: its locks may be broken by bombardment from sea or air; an earthquake such as that of 1882 might break Gatun dam and empty Gatun lake; a ship might be sunk in one of the locks where it could not be blown up without ruining the works. From a commercial standpoint he maintains that the Canal will become inadequate, estimating that it will have a traffic of 45,000,000 tons in 1934, and 135,000,000 tons...
...Sacredness as a Party Pledge. "From my standpoint this subject is no longer debatable. With very few exceptions the leaders of the Republican Party have pledged themselves and the Party to the passage of this...