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...facts of the case," he says, "have been misunderstood with reference to Harvard's withdrawal from the contest 'in the middle of the year'. The bulletin announcing the Prize Song was dated September 28th. Our protest was made on October 2d, and on October 9th we notified the Intercollegiate Musical Corporation of the vote of the Executive Committee withdrawing Harvard from the contest unless the rule regarding unanimous consent for the Prize Song was carried out. The protest and notice of proposed withdrawal took place therefore within two weeks of the opening of college, not 'two or three months'. From...
...proceeded unruffled on his way. Later Ambassador Silva explained that he thought the first policeman had said "Come, please" instead of "Comes Prince." Since the policeman's gesture made his intent clear, this explanation was considered very lame.* The Japanese Government was rumored to have entered an official protest against the "unwarranted tempestuousness" of the Ambassador...
Womanhandled. When Gloria Swanson was making Manhandled at the Famous Players studio, some one suggested that "Woman-handled" would be a good title for a picture. Certain members of the concern held up their hands in tasteful protest but the notion persisted. This is the picture and indeed much better than the title deserves. It is a light comedy about steam heat and tennis courts on the erstwhile supposedly primitive ranches of the West. Richard Dix, good actor, is the star...
...Depew's three living classmates made no public plaint or protest. They may have pondered wistfully the oblivion which time brings to all men. They may have reflected sadly, "And some day even Chauncey will have been forgotten." They may have wondered which of them would outlive the others, perhaps to be chaired around Yale Field mid cheers and bunting as Oldest Living Graduate. At all events, in their three corners of the country, Mr. Depew's three living classmates held their aged peace. They were: Dr. Virgil M. Dow, retired medico of New Haven, Conn.; James L. Rackleff, lawyer...
...problem of the surplus by getting rid of the surplus. There are practical difficulties in the way of such procedure, although they might perhaps be overcome. It might lead to foreign ill-will and would look a bit inconsistent in the face of U. S. protest against British restriction on rubber production (TIME, Jan. 4). This third avenue is apparently not being forcibly suggested by any group, although the Department of Agriculture hinted at it in a report on 1924 crops last week...