Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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"At the same time Australia realizes that we can not permanently hold a country as large as the United States with a population not equal to that of New York city. Our greatest danger is our unpeopled interior. We are in this respect in a position practically of that of...
"We have great sympathy with California in its attitude towards the Asiatic problem. The recent extension of the mandatories through the League of Nations under which Australia is given control of all former German possessions lying south of the equator adds to our responsibility in the greatest of the world...
"To sum up: White Australia policy for Australia involves the purity of our race, the maintenance of our standard of living and the continuation of the influence of Western civilization upon the peoples of the Orient. It prevents at the same time the exploitation of helpless natives such as maintained...
It has long been a custom for students to subscribe for a professional band at football games. With the advent of the University Band this custom has been done away with. Instead of a small professional organization at only the bigger games, Harvard rooters, for two seasons, have sung to...
With two exceptions--two professional players under season contract--every one of sixty-eight members are students earned by concerts the Band pays its own library and management expenses, while the H. A. A. willingly pays the salaries of the professional assistants during the football season.