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...Gibson takes Crew's post in Switzerland, Grew takes Phillips' place in Washington as Under Secretary of State, Phillips takes Fletcher's post in Belgium, Fletcher takes Child's in Italy. (TIME, March 3 et...
...have met to celebrate the 90th birthday of Dr. Charles William Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard University--clarum et venerabile nomen. In behalf of those under whose auspices this meeting is held, I salute this distinguished gathering of scholars and citizens, assembled here today to felicitate our beloved guest upon this glad-some anniversary, and to bear witness to the honor, reverence and affection in which he is held among all the sons of Harvard, in the world of scholarship and letters, and throughout the length and breadth of our Republic. We greet you, one and all, with most cordial...
...electoral bill, recently introduced into the Senate (TIME, Dec. 17, et seq.), was passed by 141 votes; the entire Left section of the Senators abstaining because it was certain that the next Government would alter the law. Premier Poincare, champion of the bill, who is himself a Senator, taunted the Left by saying that they ought to have the courage of their convictions and vote against the bill, even if its consequences were to turn the Government out of office...
...Senate then turned its attention to the fiscal measures which Premier Poincare piloted through the dangerous waters of the Chamber of Deputies (TiME, Feb. 18, et seq.). While the discussions were proceeding, the franc was dropping, as was Premier Poincare's political prestige. Every effort was being made to steer the bill through with as little delay as possible in order that the Government might stay the tumble of the franc...
Peacemaker Breasted. Efforts were made to approach a settlement between the Egyptian Government, on the one hand, and the Countess Carnarvon and Howard Carter, on the other, in the dispute (TiME, Feb. 25 et seq.), over TutankhAmen's tomb. Dr. James Henry Breasted, distinguished American archeologist and historian, who has been in Egypt all Winter, along with many other savants, agreed to act as mediator and started negotiations, but without much optimism. Dr. Breasted, Professor of Egyptology and Director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago, is internationally respected as one of the two or three...