Word: topically
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the impending election of a new president of the University a topic of interest, it is interesting to note the method of electing the president and how it has applied in the elections of Presidents Eliot and Lowell. The nomination must come from the Corporation, who refer their choice to the Overseers for a concurrent vote. Due to the absence of some of the members of the Corporation, it is considered unlikely that the choice of a new president will be acted upon before February or March...
Julian S. Huxley, famous biologist of King's College, London, and Lowell lecturer this year, will speak in Sanders Theatre on the topic of "Ants and Men" at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The address, given under the auspices of the Society of Sigma XI, will be open to the public...
...which defeated the Lowell Club in the other semi-final debate last Thursday evening, in the final round of the competition. Regardless of the outcome of this argument, the two Clubs will share the prize of $500, which is awarded to the two groups reaching the final round. The topic to be discussed deals with the branch of property law involving "future interests." The judges have not yet been selected...
...topic for discussion was selected from a number of subjects that included War Debts, the Far Eastern Question, Disarmament, which was last year's question, and the Isolation of the United States. The resolution is to be framed by a sub-committee which will, in turn, send it to the heads of delegations from the 30 nations that will be represented at the meeting of the Assembly. The mode of procedure for the gathering will be determined by a committee of which wills, who has had experience in English Universities in such work, is chairman...
...Smith College. The Economics Committee, which will meet along with the other two committees on Friday afternoon, March 10, will discuss tariffs and other obstacles to foreign trade, as well as the questions of the monetary standard and intergovernmental debts. The second committee will bring up the topic of disarmament, dealing mainly with the question of German equality. The Committee on Political Considerations, which last year discussed the Polish corridor, will argue on the Paraguayan-Bolivian dispute. On Saturday morning and afternoon, March 11, the plenary session of the general assembly will be held, at which reports of the three...