Word: custodians
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sound currency which, in so far as possible, will have a fairly constant standard of purchasing power and be adequate for the purposes of daily use and the establishment of credit. "The other principle is the inherent right of Government to issue currency and to be the sole custodian and owner of the base or reserve of precious metals underlying that currency. With this goes the prerogative of Government to determine from time to time the extent and nature of the metallic reserve...
...days. Calvin Coolidge came. Senators Walsh and Wheeler of Montana between them began to dig into Teapot Dome, into Elk Hills, into the Ohio gang's speculations through the brokerage office of Mr. Ungerleider, into its peculations from the Veterans' Bureau, the Interior Department, the Alien Property Custodian's office. The gang went its way, back to Ohio or to jail. George Christian, by now a deserving Republican, was left in Washington by the receding wave of history...
According to some old records in the University archives, the first step in the movement for undisturbed sleep for the students which was culminated with President Conant's decision yesterday was taken more than one hundred years ago. At that time a student performed the duties of custodian and as a part of his task it was necessary for him to climb up to the belfry of Harvard Hall and toll the chapel bell...
Since the days of Professor Baker and the 47 workshop, the state of the drama in Cambridge has declined sadly. The sole custodian of the theatre in the University at present is the Harvard Dramatic Club, an organization that after several years of mediocrity shows great improvement. The largest single obstacle to still surther progress on the part of the Dramatic Club is the lack of any suitable place in which to produce their plays, particularly since the demolition of the Rogers building...
...gold. Mr. Campbell had just drawn this bullion from the Federal Reserve Bank in return for gold certificates. Each bar, worth approximately $5,000, had been cast by the U. S. Treasury and bore its stamp and number. Lawyer Campbell arranged for the Chase Bank to act as hired custodian for his bullion...