Word: accountants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...number of graduates have contributed articles. Lawrence Shaw Mayo '10, an admirable and comprehensive account of the growth and development of the Yard; Delmar Leighton '19, "Studies and the Choice of Vocations"; Francis L. Higginson Jr. '00, "The Future of the Class" which deals in brief with such pleasant things as graduate organizations, publications, Harvard Clubs, and reunions (almost all of which, unfortunately, cost money...
...Government of the U.S. were a business proposition, which it has never pretended to be, and if a Certified Public Accountant should come to examine its books, he would find several items marked: "Accounts receivable." By far the largest one, in fact an account receivable larger than any which has ever been known since the Chinese first invented an adding machine, he would find to be in excess of ten billion dollars. As nearly as Secretary Mellon's secretaries can figure, it is $10,556,804,223.40. Accrued interest is almost two billion more, making twelve. This...
...good." As is usual in such cases, he wrote bad verse. He sought liberation on the stage, in journalism, in writing advertising; but found it only, invariably, in willing women. Eventually that escape became familiar; unnecessary. Kenneth settled into his harness, comfortably drawing a wife and two children. Another account of mediocrity in search of an image deserves attention only because Author Smits can, indubitably, write...
...most interesting item in the account of Ontario's return to beer concerns Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler, the general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League. In the capacity of unofficial observer, Mr. Wheeler followed the hejira across the river from Detroit to Windsor, and behind the protective coloration of an unopened bottle, examined the drinkers narrowly to discover signs of incipient intoxication...
...recalled, was recently barred for a few days from the mails. When the editors of the Lampoon arrived on the playing field the other day for the annual baseball game with the editors of the Crimson they were greeted by newsboys selling copies of the Crimson containing a complete account of the victory of their opponents. "Low-minded humorists suppressed by Crimson baseball team" said the headline...