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Students who feel the reins of faculty supervision somewhat harsh and undemocratic, who stand in dread of the possibility of compulsory chapel, and who protest loudly at the meager allowance of cuts afforded by the department heads, might sleep a little easier and enjoy life a little more thoroughly after reading a few excerpts from the Harvard College regulations of 1734. Some of the most interesting--when viewed from this distant perspective--follow...
...White Cargo. After three of the characters had been clumsily and blatantly "killed" on the stage, famed Czechoslovakian Playwright Antoine Trych rose from his orchestra seat, drew an automatic pistol, and fired two shots over the heads of the actors. Amid the ensuing deadly hush, he cried: "I protest at the showing of this play in Prague! . . . Many Czechoslovaks, myself included, could have written a better!" Although some who sat near to Playwright Trych applauded his patriotic words, most of the audience took him to be a madman, rushed hugger-mugger from the playhouse...
Both these increases hit U. S. shippers. No protest was envisaged in Washington as the increases are general and apply to all nations...
...until last week did anyone close to the late President Harding make any public statement about The President's Daughter. This statement was not a denial but a protest. Hearing that the book was having an everwidening sale, Dr. George T. Harding Jr. (the late President's brother), Mrs. Ralph Lewis and Mrs. H. H. Votaw (the late Presidents sisters), conferred with friends in Marion, Ohio. Letters from other friends had been pouring in urging action of some kind. Grant E. Mouser of Marion, a lifelong friend of President Harding and often host to Nan Britton, was the author...
From the office of Frederick S. Duncan, for more than 20 years counsel for the Weed Chain Tire Grip Co. and its successor, the American Chain Co., came loud and speedy protest. He stated facts: The "Weed" tire chain was named after its inventor, Harry D. Weed, of Canastota (near Syracuse) N. Y. Under license agreement from him, the company produced Weed chains and paid all royalties therefrom for many years, later buying the patent rights. Colonel Weed is vigorously alive in Bridgeport and retains a close consulting connection with the American Chain Co., successors to the Weed Chain Tire...