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...Subscriber Martin's request seconded...
...Chilean Senate's vote was interpreted as a polite rebuff to Secretary Kellogg, who has been attempting to mediate as to Tacna-Arica between the Chilean and Peruvian Ambassadors at Washington. The only other incident of note was President Coolidge's polite but firm refusal of a request by President Siles of Bolivia that that nation be admitted to the diplomatic wrangle over Tacna-Arica which has proceeded since 1883, the U. S. having been called in as mediator during the Harding Administration...
Although it had not been planned originally, the undergraduates accompanied the Overseers to Gore Hall, where they continued their discussion of College affairs, at lunch. This morning, in addition, following the request of Mr. Howard Elliott '81, President of the Board of Overseers, the ten students will return to the meeting of the Board to reply to any further questions which so far remain unanswered...
...contacts with athletes are made at schools by Harvard men; we have tended to lean over backward to avoid any appearance of proselyting. Occasionally, in compliance with a request from a school in the vicinity of Cambridge, we have sent a coach for the afternoon to give specialized instruction. This practice of lending coaches builds up friendly relations and should be encouraged...
Last week the carpenter was outraged to discover that his hero's salary as Premier is but 90,000 francs a year. Vexed and eager to right what he considered a wrong, the carpenter straightway despatched 1,000 francs ($33) to M. Briand, with the request that he expend it as "pocket money...