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...chief feature of the game was a long fly by Amory Houghton '21. At least it is claimed that it was a fly, although some maintain that it was only a mosquito and fouled off the bat and was lost in the long grass behind the catcher, Robb Sagendorph '22, who was prevented from seeing where it went by a playful trick of the manager, who tripped him up as he turned to look. Houghton, however, swears that it was a long fly and went into the river. The ball did not float, so there is no means of verifying...
...such a government is not set up, the United States acting for the protection of its own citizens and as the champion of civilization is bound to "send a police force consisting of the military and naval forces of our government into the republic of Mexico to open and maintain open every line of communication between the city of Mexico and every seaport and border port of Mexico...
Mexico's soil seems a more fertile field for the seeds of revolution than that of any other country. Revolts and counter-revolts, executions and dictatorships, nowhere else are either so virulent or so persistent. Only through a rule of iron was Diaz able to maintain order, and at his policy of allowing foreigners to exploit Mexican resources the natives surged with discontent. The Mexican peon is like the dog in the manger; although he cannot govern himself, he will not long tolerate another's doing it; although he himself can not exploit the country's mineral wealth...
...truly lamentable that Harvard should have lost so promising a teacher. There are those who had hoped that with the accomplishment of the Endowment Fund, it would become possible for the University to retain its most eminent instructors, and to maintain a staff of professors second to none in America. To such, the departure of Mr. Laski will prove a double blow...
...told him that I believed we should accept the League of Nations with the reservations known as the Senate reservations. In dealing with this, we must not look at America from the European standpoint. We should look at European affairs from the American standpoint. We have a right to maintain the interests of our own country. We must adopt the League with reservations. We do not want America to be part of any separate state. We do want to help the world with its problems. We have done it in the world war and we shall do it again...