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...enclosure; Britishers, brought to the scene by a fleet of ten special airplanes, looked for a safe bet; Americans wandered about, each followed by a pickpocket. All Paris was thinking about two gray horses, one of which was pretty sure to take the Grand Prix-the swift Chubasco, the staunch Belfonds. Steve Donoghue, famed British jockey, up on Aquatinte, was liked next best...
...Labor amendment to postpone until Jan. 1, 1926, the operation of imperial preferences on tobacco, wines, dried and preserved fruit, was defeated 277 to 93 votes. The most important and interesting fact about the voting was that 20 laborites who, a year ago, were staunch free traders, voted with the Government...
College authorities are not prone to welcome such printed criticism. Alumni cannot always be right. But the sincerity manifested in these letters is a healthy sign. Even college presidents are not infallible, and they cannot go far wrong, or go wrong for long, when a staunch and active body of alumni is alert to the situation...
...Advocate was scarcely so commendable a publication to outsiders. This, if ever, would have been the occasion for the interference of University authorities. But the dean's office, holding to its traditional liberal policy, has issued no hasty ultimatum and offered no blustering excuses. The faculty individually communicated their staunch support to the maltreated Lampoon, and respected the right of the Advocate to amend its own faults...
...Composers Ravel and Satie, whose music laughs at music, have seen the works of Sculptor Nadelman, whose sculpture laughs at sculpture, until the accumulation of all this malign mirth has inspired them to plead: "If we must laugh, let us laugh honestly. This mockery is unworthy of the staunch hearts. Where is the belly-shaking-chuckle of Aristophanes? Where in Music, in Sculpture, is the Classic Spirit...