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Since Statesmen Quezon and Osmena had not come to plead outright for independence, nor try to influence the appointment of a successor to the late Governor General Leonard Wood* There was little else for him to discuss with President Coolidge, except to assure him that Major General Douglas MacArthur,* the President's recent appointee as Commanding General of the Philippines, would be welcome, and that the Philippine Legislature would soon pass on appropriations and appointments sent to it for confirmation by Acting Governor General Eugene A. Gilmore. The conversation which they had traveled 10,000 miles to seek lasted...
...times it has been heard for five miles. The so-called Harvard cheering section of Saturday must have numbered over 2000; I doubt if it was heard beyond the Yard and after Purdue scored a listener in the Square could not have heard it. In vain did cheerleaders repeatedly plead for noise; the section sat stricken dumb, cigarettes drooping, pepless lips feebly echoing the words of the leaders or telling those nearby just what this or that man ought to have done. At times the Band played and the inspiring notes of "O'er the stands in flaming crimson" completely...
...organization was founded by Professor Emeritus Eugene Wambaugh '76, and the members are chosen purely for their scholastic ability. They have been recognized by the courts and may plead their cases as if they were already admitted...
...TIME, Oct. 1, 1923), he traveled to the U. S. to plead the cause of his mutilated country. Standing erect, well over six feet tall, gaunt & sinewy, his grizzled beard almost covering his necktie, he is a commanding figure. And speaking a dozen languages fluently?English almost perfectly?with a rare gift for oratory and inescapable charm, he has made himself a world-wide figure, known intimately, and usually beloved, by the statesmen of at least two continents. It is doubtful if the word of any living Hungarian carries as much moral weight as that of Count Apponyi...
...late famed Philosopher William James and Novelist Henry James, attended a Sacco & Vanzetti mass meeting on the Boston Common. Smartly dressed, neatly barbered, looking more like a distinguished professor emeritus than a boisterous radical nephew, James shouted: "Down with the police!*, assaulted a bluecoat, was promptly arrested. Refusing to plead the charges against him he told the court that he would not stand up "before murderers whether they are judges, police officers or governors." He was fined $75. After being graduated from Harvard in 1896 Mr. James practiced law in Seattle, grew discontented, went to Paris to edit the Liberator...