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...Rules against college men playing summer baseball have to be made to prevent a professional spirit from creeping into college athletics. At the same time, these rules work is paying his own way through college. Many a man works late into the night in order to make money to defray his expenses. If that man is a baseball player, he might easily earn enough in the course of the summer to allow him the advantages that other men derive from a greater amount of free time in college. In such cases, I feel that the eligibility board might well give...
...item in the Home Secretary's estimates moved ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden to intense indignation. The item was a matter of about $5,500,000 for a special grant to the Government of Northern Ireland to help defray the expenses of the special constabulary. Mr. Snowden declared that there is, counting police and specials, a bobby for every six families in Ulster. He further declared that the money was being used for the "support of Orange ascendancy," and said that, if parliamentary etiquette permitted it, he would, "characterize with an ugly word" the methods...
...delayed in reaching his port of departure by the fighting going on among rival factions in Southern China. He finally arrived in the besieged city of Shanghai only to encounter difficulty in cashing the draft he had received from the University, and which was intended to defray his expenses to Cambridge. Three boats sailed for America before Dr. Mei finally succeeded in cashing his check, and he is now reported on his way back to Cambridge...
...coupled with that of a symbol of the friendship between the two nations, of old date in spite of passing differences, and we have not forgotten that we had England's sympathy during our time of struggle." There has been a U. S. offer to defray all expenses but both the English and Italian committees prefer that these be met by spontaneous contribution from rich and poor alike of the two countries principally concerned. The marble will be the joint gift of the owners of the quarries. Although the project calls for a statue that will be the most...
...There is an intense interest in athletics in South America, and four countries have made unusually large appropriations to defray expenses of their various athletes. There nations are Argentine. Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Argentine will send several sprinters who have made very creditable showings this year, and Chile has distance runners who will press even our great De Mar, and the Finns. Sports in the South American countries are receiving much attention, and individual performances occasion unusual outbursts of enthusiasm throughout the various countries...