Word: westing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President announced he would like to see more study of aviation at West Point. The Secretary of the Navy had previously ordered additional aviation study at Annapolis (see AERONAUTICS...
...West of the White House, in the city of Washington, rises the great pile that is the State, War and Navy Building. Therein sit two gentlemen who are in charge of the U. S. policy in the Far East. One of them is the Secretary of State, whose subordinates at Tokyo, at Peking, post to do his bidding. The other is the Secretary of War, whose subordinate at Manila functions as the Governor General of the Philippines...
...less inviting when it becomes obvious that the opium habit is destined to spread amazingly under the stimulus of cheapened drugs. To believe that the future manufacturer of opium will be more amenable to government control than the present poppy farmer is highly optimistic. A vested interest of the West will merely replace a vested interest of the East...
...appointment of the members of the Student Advisory Committee for next year was announced last night. The following men were appointed: James Addison Halsted '26, of Syracuse, N. Y., Chairman; George Douglass Debevoise '26, of New York City; Laurence Orlen Pratt '26, of West Newton; William Enos Soule '27, of Newton; Lee Yates Ward '27, of Rochester, N. Y.; David Worcester '28, of Boston...
After 31 weeks of tour, performances in 100 cities through Canada, the Pacific Coast, East, South, Middle West, the San Carlo Opera Company ended its season with a presentation of Aïda in Newark, N. J. For next year, Director Gallo, whose name is Fortune, announced presentations in English of Faust, Hansel and Gretel, promised at least one opera in English in each weekly engagement. In June, he goes to Europe to gather new stars, new stimulus...