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Debts. "The Italian Government recognizes its War debts ... to the last cent. . . . [Loud cheers from the Senators.] When the greatness of the sacrifices we sustained in the War and the smallness of our national resources are taken into account, it is evident that creditor States should grant us in return something more than a most-favored-nation clause. If we are required to pay, we must be placed in condition to be able to pay. It is equally evident that we must have a moratorium to consolidate our financial position, as then we will be in a position to begin...
...full Pontificial robes, the Pope was carried the entire length of the Church in the sedia gestoria amid scenes of emotion. Owing to the installation of a loud speaker-a great innovation for the conservative Catholic Church-His Holiness' voice was distinctly heard throughout the long service into the recesses of the basilica. Supported by all the Cardinals in Rome, including Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia, who led 15,000 Americans to Rome for the event, the Pope began the mystic ceremony of making the Blessed Sister Therese, the Blessed Sainte Thérèse. Outside the Church, hundreds...
...shrilled the charming voice, quite loud enough now to be recognized as that of Maria Jeritza, famed Baroness Von Popper (TIME, Dec. 15, Jan. 5, Feb. 9). "You shall hear of this...
...loud chorus of What's Wrong With U. S. Education? was swelled last week, by the voice of Dr. Livingston Farrand, President of Cornell University: "Overspecialization. . . . I mean spending so much time on the mechanics of steam engines that we have no time left for studying the mechanics of life. . . . It breaks the country up into different groups. Each group has an absolutely different point of view. They fail to understand each other. This creates animosity and ill will. It is said that if the Germans had not devoted all their time and energy before the War to specialization...
Several dark forms moved near a chapel in Washington, D. C. Others joined them, vanished within the edifice. Came more dark forms, loitering, hurrying, in quiet pairs, in loud-talking squads. All passed into the edifice. Two hours later, the chapel opened, the dark forms poured forth an impromptu parade. Song burst out, punctuated with shouts, as the paraders marched. Placards were hoisted aloft, reading: "What is this going to be- an army or a university?"; "Before we will be slaves we will be in graves"; "Don't be an Uncle...