Word: wintered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus it may easily be understood why we see the chief activity of the C. I. E. directed toward bringing students together by means of student exchange, student tours, summer and winter camps, international student conferences and so forth. These student exchanges and tours were organized in the beginning by the National Student Unions. As this new migration of students increased, it became necessary to coordinate their various activities; so the Warsaw Congress in 1924 decided to create a permanent Travel Bureau in London...
Since last summer the Travel Bureau itself has been organizing student camps and tours. One of these camps was organized last summer in Denmark, and during the Christmas vacation winter sport camps were conducted by the Travel Bureau, one in Switzerland one in Austria. This summer the camps will be near Geneva...
...winter evening not long before the 20th Century, a friend came to Harwarden. Gladstone was resting upstairs, and Mrs. Gladstone served tea. The conversation turning on some serious question, the friend desiring to appear pious said: "Well, these are very serious times. But we know that there is One Above who takes care of us all." "Yes," replied Mrs. Gladstone, "he'll be right down...
...Union management has also announced a "Vacation Night" for Wednesday, March 31. It is the last of a series of meetings which the Union has been giving during the winter. The previous meetings of this kind have been devoted to football, track, crew and tennis. The new meeting will be like that of last year, which was devoted to the Southwest, when pictures were shown of Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon. The purpose of the pictures to be shown on the 31st is to give members of the Union information on possibilities of summer vacations in the West...
...Bimba, who has been long known as a labor leader of decided Communistic tendencies was brought to trial this winter on charges of treason and blasphemy for a speech he delivered in Brockton. He was acquitted on the latter charge but found guilty and fined on the former. The case is now being appealed. The trial has attracted more attention than any, except the famous Scopes case in Dayton, Tennessee, which has been held during the last few years. Its chief importance lies in its relation to the rights of free speech, when those rights involve the spread of radical...