Word: branch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political savoir faire and shrugged their shoulders at the grotesque thought of bimetallism. Japanese peeped that bimetallism was impossible. Germany studiously explained that bimetallism does not work. Only foreign word of praise came from Shanghai. Mr. Tsuyee Pei, manager of the Bank of China's Shanghai branch, was pleased, not because the President hinted at bimetallism, not because the price of silver might be raised but because: 1) the U. S. would not pay more than 50? an oz. for domestic silver, 2) the tax on silver profits would discourage speculation and thereby tend to steady the value...
Poor man's plane was called for by Director Eugene Luther Vidal of the Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch who declared: "It should be possible to buy airplanes at the cost of automobiles...
...holder of the fellowship takes one year of intensive study at Harvard in preparation for any branch of public service, and then takes one year of field work, under the guidance of the trustees. The field work places the man in la suitable city in the employ of some expert who is sympathetic with the plan and who directs the fellowship holder in learning practical phases of his specialty...
...politicians sided by clerks to do their bidding. The fellowship that has just been warded points the way towards the creation of a system which will provide the civil service with men specially trained, for responsible positions. Studying intensively for a year in preparation for some particular branch of public service and then working for another year in the field under the guidance of an expect, the fellowship holder is more adequately prepared to enter the civil service than those who apply for the positions without any training or special ability...
Abrams graduated from Long Branch High School, and in his Freshman year received the Wilder Prize for excellence in elementary German, and a Price Greenleaf Aid scholarship. Last March he was awarded the Charles and Julia Henry Fellowship, and will study next year at Cambridge University. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in the Junior Eight, and was a member of the track and wrestling squads...