Word: unionization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Union will play host tonight to the Juniors and their guests. No crystalline ballroom splendor, no mirrored nightclub radiance greet there the visitor to Cambridge. Yet Harvard and its traditions are not of the tinsel type; and though the gray University bedecks itself now and then for merrymaking, it cannot forget its real hue. New England solidity, Harvard, the Union, the Dance, all seem to merge for the night; but the parts show through. They are all of the tradition...
...being arranged. Immediately before the meeting. W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics: R. W. Clark '23. Assistant Director of Athletics: C. F. Getchell. General Manager of the H. A. A.: J. E. Barrett '30: captain of the team: Lage: and several others will dine informally at the Union, the Varsity Club being closed as far as dining facilities are concerned...
...last year has been such a terribly sad one for me," wrote the 26-year-old princess. "It almost seems strange that any kind of happiness could come into my life again. But Georgie is such a dear. The great sorrow we shared has made our bond a union that nothing can break...
...last week, General Smuts flayed General Hertzog for dragging the great and vital "race question" into party politics. Every South African election is bound to be just another dogfight between Generals Hertzog and Smuts; but there is indeed something awful and "above party" about the fact that throughout the Union of South Africa white skins are in a minority of one to four. That is the "race question," and it may well trouble every British paleface from the King-Emperor down...
Solemnly at last the Parliament of the Union of South Africa voted on General Hertzog's bill while General Smuts watched, tense and grim. The official tally gave the measure a majority of five votes -but a two-thirds majority was required to make it law. A mirthless, triumphant smile twisted the lips of General Smuts. He had won this preliminary skirmish, but the real dogfight will be the General Election, now scheduled for next June...