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...scholarly words of Governor Coolidge, printed on another page, are note-worthy for their simplicity and moderation. The governor does not intend to settle the problem in an instant by any fanatical scheme. The economic soundness of his opinions and their freedom from unnecessary complication recommend them to the consideration of the many extravagant, theorizers who advocate loss practical solutions...
...with great success. In 1917, when but two skilled men remained from the victorious 1916 team, the results of the season were unsatisfactory; during the war years no team at all represented the University. Consequently, at the beginning of the season in December, 1919, a serious problem confronted the efforts to reinstate the gym team to its original standing...
...opening chapter puts the conference in its setting and describes its methods of work, besides indicating the nature of the questions it had to settle. The principal problems are then passed in review Belgium and Schleswig, Alsace-Lorraine, the Left Bank of the Rhine, the Saar Valley, Poland and Czecho-Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, the Italian frontier and the states of the Balkans. The historical background is given in each case, but each problem is placed in the perspective of the negotiations at Paris and viewed primarily as one calling for practical solution in the treaties of peace. Particular attention...
...immediate danger of a party split at Chicago over the problem of adopting a suitable plank on the peace treaty seems to have been safely avoided. The sub-committee, acting with praiseworthy adroitness has succeeded in agreeing upon a resolution sufficiently non-committal to be acceptable to all parties. Senators Johnson and Borah may decide not to "bolt," Senator Lodge rests upon his laurels with a sense of gratification at having overridden his opponents' objections, and even the mildest reservationists seem to have fallen in line...
...supplied, more swimming pools made available, diamonds, gridirons and tennis courts laid out on Soldiers Field and more rowing equipment purchased. It is not too early for those in charge of providing for undergraduate athletics to turn their attention in this direction. Failing a proper solution of this problem, a great part of the work done each year by the Department of Physical Education will have been in vain...