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Colonel George Harvey, Ambassador at the Court of St. James, was preparing to sail for home. Before he left, he attended a farewell din- ner of the famous Anglo-American Society, The Pilgrims. There he made a speech in which he said two things: 1) that our Administration has been accused of having no foreign policy; 2) that our Government had exhibited its policy and offered its services to Europe when Secretary Hughes, in a speech at New Haven last December, made a proposal for reparation settlement...
...General Harington, Allied Generalissimo, who, more than any other man, is responsible for having maintained the peace under the most difficult of circumstances, was a signal for a prodigious outburst of enthusiasm from the Turks. When he saluted the Turkish flag and gripped the hand of Salah-Ed-Din Adil Pasha, Military Governor of Constantinople, the crowd broke through the cordon of police and followed the departing Allies to the quay. There was a farewell luncheon party on board the transport Arabic; then the Allies were gone. Later, Turkish troops marched triumphantly into the late capital through streets gay with...
...respect inspired by Toscannini that the disturbers in the theatre amplified their cries. "Down with the management! " they shouted, " Ma evviva Toscannini! " The compliment, however, did not lessen the clamor. The enraged musician tried for a while to keep on with the performance, in spite of the din, but finally had to give it up and order the doors opened. The crowd poured in. The opera began again...
...Wade and Boylston prizes was held last night in Sanders Theatre before a large audience. The Wade prize of $50 was awarded by the unanimous decision of the judges to Oviatt McConnell '23 of Buffalo, N. Y., who read for his piece Rudyard Kipling's dramatic poem, "Gunga Din". Eli Allen Smith '25 of Worcester received the first Boylston Prize of $35 for his selection, "Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln" by Henry Watterson, while the second prize of $25 went to Norman Edwin Hines '23 of Portland, Conn., who read John Bright's "Faith in the People". It is interesting...
...Oviatt McConnell '23--"Gungha Din" by Rudyard Kipling...