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...ever apologize to any nation before in the course of its history?" There have been numerous occasions when our government has been magnanimous enough to express regret over international unpleasantness. Reference to any secondary school textbook would provide many such instances but I would like to mention that Daniel Webster apologized to Spain for the defacing of a portrait of Queen Isabella in New Orleans and that Seward, upon the advice of Lincoln and Sumner, made a similar gracious gesture to England in the "Trent Affair." Possibly these two secretaries of state could claim a 5? rating in our history...
With the election of next year's officers and council, the Model League of Nations Assembly finished a successful session on Saturday afternoon at Wellesley College. The closing speech by Professor C. K. Webster of Harvard, who has been a British representative to the League at Geneva several times, was loudly applauded by the delegates, who showed much enthusiasm for discussion. Professor Webster is the founder of the movement of Model Assemblies...
...Assembly. The convention at Wellesley will be a Model Assembly in every sense of the word, imitating the exact procedure of the League in Geneva. Harvard will be well represented, both in the Assembly and on the Honorary Board, of which Professor W. Y. Elliott and Professor C. K. Webster are principal speakers...
Commencing after the luncheon tomorrow the discussion of the problematic United States of Europe will be held in the last session of the Assembly. The closing address will be delivered by Professor Webster, and the Model Assembly will adjourn to discuss prospects for next year...
...compose the Honorary Advisory Board of the Fourth Annual League of Nations Model Assembly to be held on Friday and Saturday of this week at Wellesley. The members of the Board are Professors W. Y. Elliott, C. J. Friederich, B. C. Hopper '24, M. O. Hudson, and C. K. Webster of Harvard: Professor E. D. Ellis of Mt. Holyoke; President Pendleton of Wellesley, and President of the Foreign Policy Association, J. G. McDonald, and R. L. Buell, also of the association, Professor Elliott of the department of Government and Professor Webster, English authority on International Policy, will be the speakers...