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...teams will fight for supremacy in three matches as is the custom and the grads should furnish plenty of competition for the Varsity. John P. Faude '31, is in charge of the graduates team and all men interested are requested to report to him, at 7 Craigie Circle or telephone University 7145-R. Notices will be sent to those who have played for the Graduates before but all new candidates are invited to attend practices...
...James Bryant Conant: You having been duly chosen to be president of Harvard University, I do now, in the name of its governing bodies, and in accordance with ancient custom, declare you are vested with all the powers and privileges of that office. . . . May you long be an ornament to the illustrious position that you now assume. In the dim future may men speak of the three great presidents of Harvard, as Eliot, Lowell, and Conant...
Since the custom heretofore has been to issue currency based upon a reserve of 40 per cent of gold, so that approximately two and a half times the amount of gold reserve could be issued in the form of gold certificates or other currency redeemable in gold, the increase of two billions of gold to the account of the Treasury of the United States would make it possible to issue about $6,000,000,000 of new currency on a metal basis, namely, on a gold reserve. Congress authorized the President to issue greenbacks...
According to custom, 600 reserved seats are set aside for members of the University faculty, but this year the allotment was undersubscribed, and 70 seats are still available. These may be obtained by the first comers at the Bursar's Office today, at $12 for tickets to the series of eight concerts...
...been the custom for several years, the Fogg Museum has approximately one hundred prints available to students for use in their rooms. Some of these prints come from the Museum's own collection, while others have been lent or given for the purpose. The Museum hopes to add to the collection in this manner, thereby serving a larger number of the student body...