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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...post-War collapse until last year there was one sure way of making money in the sugar market: sell short, stay short. With few interruptions the trend was steadily down-from 20? per lb. in 1920 to a historic low during Depression of less than six-tenths of a cent. By last week, however, U.S. sugar, having climbed back to the highest level since 1928 (2.7?) looked sweeter than it had for a decade. And though nearly every sugar man had some grudge against the new order, recovery was largely the result of the Government's grim efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Sugar | 6/3/1935 | See Source »

...controversy over the rate manipulations of the Federal Reserve Board in the summer and early fall of 1929 and its relation to the stock-market crash still rages. Thus news that the Bank of France has raised its rate of interest from 2 1-2 to 4 per cent, while apparently merely one more fact for statisticians and graph-makers, may conceivably have drastic repercussions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ILL WIND... | 5/28/1935 | See Source »

...Freshman Confidential Guide Committee have submitted an excellent report to Dean Leighton on the Freshman year. While their recommendations may not be 100 per cent accurate, they have pointed out most of the serious problems of the first year. As the undergraduate viewpoint in solving these faults, the report should possess great value for the Freshman deans and for the Faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN ON THEIR PROBLEMS | 5/17/1935 | See Source »

Only a third of the Seniors were in favor of a reduction of courses with a corresponding increase in informal seminar work, but 54 per cent approved such a reduction if it meant an equivalent enlargement of the tutorial program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Rehash of Material Accessible in Textbooks, Better Delivery by Lecturers Suggested in Crimson Lecture Poll | 5/7/1935 | See Source »

...reply to the question: "Are you satisfied with the lectures in elementary courses?", 61.5 per cent answered in the affirmative, while 60.5 per cent expressed themselves as approving of the present advanced courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Less Rehash of Material Accessible in Textbooks, Better Delivery by Lecturers Suggested in Crimson Lecture Poll | 5/7/1935 | See Source »

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