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While the U. S. was approving the Mills advancement as a well-earned promotion for a smart young man. Britain was generally acclaiming the Mellon appointment. The new Ambassador had prestige, tact, humor, wealth. He had nothing more to learn in the matter of intergovernmental debts. His love of fine arts endeared him to a cultured aristocracy. But Ambassadors to the Court of St. James's, in the past, have usually been felicitously articulate, if not downright oratorical. Between them and all Britons is the bond of a mother tongue. Speeches were always in order?the smooth elegancies...
...this editorial has been quoted correctly, it is but another instance of the CRIMSON's customary rudeness and lack of tact. From this editorial, it would seem that the CRIMSON is definitely attempting to antagonize an honored rival and to attract cheap notoriety to itself. The CRIMSON charges that the lack of interest in the Harvard-Army game is evidenced by the apparent unwillingness of Harvard undergraduates to make the trip to West Point. Is the CRIMSON unaware of the fact that these are times of depression, and that many people, particularly college undergraduates, find it difficult to make...
...fifty eight years of its existence the CRIMSON has known few more valuable men than Robert Sherman McCarter. Throughout the difficult early years he lent his advice and his services with tact and enthusiasm. And when ten years ago he retired he had the satisfaction of knowing that it was largely through his influence and resourcefulness that the paper had become the accepted undergraduate daily...
...respect in the varied walks of life which were his. For a time he was an influential member in one of the country's most time honored financial houses. From thence he departed to assume the difficult post of ambassador to a foreign nation which he filled with tact and understanding. And in London he struggled to further the cause of peace while representing the United States with dignity and ability. More recently he served his state and his party as a Republican Senator from New Jersey, a service which he was to repeat in December...
...Tact and politeness are qualities which usually distinguish the gatherings of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Its bishops are gentlemanly, impressive; its lay delegates potent in calibre. Aware of the Church's influence and its duties. The Churchman pointed out last fortnight (quoting Banker George Foster Peabody) that its membership controls one-tenth of the wealth in the U. S. But Episcopal dignity, grounded in ease and security, can become ruffled with changing times and new problems. It was evident last week that the Episcopalians' 50th triennial General Convention, opening in Denver, Col., was to be considerably less placid...