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...White '02, of Litchfield, Connecticut, has given the Widener Library a collection of works on chess from the library of the late J. C. J. Wainwright, a famous problem composer. It has been suggested that all the books on chess which Mr. White has given be united to form a collection known as the J. C. J. Wainwright collection...
...taxation problem was discussed by Senator Wadsworth, especially in regard to the reduction of taxes by the Republicans. One way we cut down expenses was to dismiss thousands of Federal employees that were stumbling over each other in Washington...
Fanning opened the debate by outlining the issue which was under discussion. He said that the problem primarily deals with Europe because Europe not only controls the League, but is the League. The Europe of today, he maintained, is exactly the Europe of 1914, in the grip of a regime of materialistic secret diplomacy. His main point was that in justice to herself America must, for the present, remain out of the League; first because the Covenant of the League has been violated through the trafficking in mandated territory; and second, because the balance of power is still alive...
Passing on to the economic nature of the problem he showed that all nations have common interests of commerce and industry requiring a common control; that Europe, devastated by war, and tied up by the recent political and social upheavals must have help if she is to regain her economic stability. This help must come from America, now the strongest and richest nation in the world...
Phillips Brooks House, outside of its many activities, has always taken the part of a benevolent information bureau in the eyes of the newcomer to Harvard. When uncertain as to his whereabouts, needing advice, or hunting textbooks or furniture, the solution of his problem has been found in Brooks House...