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Assistant Professor W. Y. Elliott, of the Department of Government outlined de- tailed plans for the use he intends to make of his leave of absence from the University. Working under the Harvard Bureau of International Research, Professor Elliott will make an intensive study of the topic of "International significance of the new status of British Dominions since the World War", stressing in particular the diplomatic and consular services of Great Britain and the Dominions. Professor Elliott will begin his work immediately after the closing of college in June, sailing at once for England. His research will take him into...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CABOT, LEWIS, ELLIOTT GIVEN SABBATICALS | 1/18/1929 | See Source »

...chief "gripe," to use a genuine Illinois slang term, which the writer seems to find with the campus is that the "spirit of revolt" is entirely absent. Just what direction this revolt might take is not quite clear in the article but it is evident that Mr. Roberts was very much impressed by the stories of the old days when students were went to go out and tear down a college building or two before the dawn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 1/16/1929 | See Source »

Once more do the colleges make use of the methods and instruments of big business, but the most apprehensive could scarcely object to the plan just announced by President Angell of Yale. This is an arrangement for the group insurance of the faculty, administrative and other staffs of the college to the amount of $5,000,000, part of the premiums to be paid by the university and part, after the first month, by the beneficiaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BEST POLICY | 1/15/1929 | See Source »

Meanwhile the American Army had grown until it represented more than half the strength of the whole terrestrial organization. Its properties were appraised at a reproduction value of $37,000,000. It could make use of 150,000 tambourines, to give one each to all its lads and lassies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Salvation Rift | 1/14/1929 | See Source »

...House is to be kept at its present size of 435 members, any gain for one state will necessarily mean a loss for some other state, so that the need for a sound and fair method of apportionment is an urgent one. Cases can occur in which the use of a wrong method would affect half the states in the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW REPRESENTATION PLAN FULLY SET FORTH | 1/12/1929 | See Source »

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