Word: yesterday
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...appointment of A. E. Hindmarsh as one of the two assistant deans in charge of Freshmen for next year, announced yesterday at University Hall, completes 1929-30 staff of assistant deans. Hindmarsh is at present completing his third year in the graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the field of Government. He has already received his M. A. and is a candidate for a Ph.D. next year. He was graduated from the University of Washington...
Repairs on the Memorial Hall clock which have been effected in the past few days will be completed today according to information received from official sources yesterday. No reason could be ascertained from the college authorities for the unusual action of the clock in the past few days; but upon inquiry it was discovered that the unwieldy flight of a vagrant pigeon had disturbed the movement that has been continual for a decade or less. Workmen perched high upon the dangerous scaffold spent several hours in the effort to repair the damage caused by the misdirected ramblings of the winged...
...University authorities will initiate within the next few days preparations for opening the Freshman dormitories to receive the major part of the 2700 students attending the 1929 Harvard Summer School, it was announced yesterday afternoon by R. P. Chase '00, Director of the Summer School. The summer population this year is rather larger than has been the average for the past few years...
Paul Hyland Harris '28, of Titusville, Pennsylvania, was yesterday announced as the 1929-30 holder of the Rogers Fellowship for travel and research in Europe. Harris' special subject will be "The life and works of Machiavelli, and special topics in the political and social history of Florence during his lifetime." He will make Florence and Rome the headquarters for his research...
Frank Nekola, Holy Cross portsider who defeated Harvard last Saturday, signed a pitching agreement with the New York American League baseball club two years ago, according to a reported announcement from Judge Landis unconfirmed last night. O'Donnell, director of athletics at Holy Cross, received the following telegram late yesterday afternoon from Judge Landis' secretary: "Nekola agrees to join the New York Yankees, June 22, for specified salary which will begin the day he reports...