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...term "Big Three" from an athletic standpoint is a joke. There are twenty institutions who could thrash any one of us three times out of five. But the traditional association and common heritage of these three institutions is a real and fine thing and no silly sophomore yellowness should be allowed to undermine it. Yours very truly, David Gray...
Significance. Point was lent by last week's stock-taking to a remark by British Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain (TIME, March 29, THE LEAGUE) that "It may take years" for the U. S. to thrash out the whole matter of World Court reservations by diplomatic notes among the interested powers...
Developments. M. Paul-Boncour (France) and Viscount Cecil (Britain) decorously renewed the argumentative contest over "potential" and "actual" disarmament which they voiced publicly at the December League Council session (TIME, Dec. 21). It was deemed prudent to thrash these differences out in committees, two of which were accordingly formed. Late despatches reported that the Japanese representative, Baron Matsudaira, was discussing privately with Mr. Gibson the possibility of another Washington naval conference...
...More than ever impressed with the enormous weight and diversity of the knowledge humanity has been harvesting for itself in the past century, Dr. Frank pondered the problem of acquainting freshman and sophomores with the nature of the entire crop before turning them loose to pitch, thrash and store a special portion. He concluded by wondering if there was not great merit in "project" studies as advocated by Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn and others-assigning to underclassmen single historic episodes -perhaps the Greek civilization in the freshman year, and the 19th Century U. S. for sophomores- and helping them to take...
...crowd formed. Up leapt Mr. Gettis. His old hand, rivered with dull veins, blotched along the back with great patches like distended freckles, hardened into a knot, smote the bully upon the chin, dropped him to the sidewalk. Said Mr. Gettis: "I'm not too old to thrash an upstart...