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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this to be accomplished? By strictest economy, by the tireless picking and pecking of Herbert Mayhew Lord, director of the budget. Arose, therefore, General Lord, hoarder of pennies, good storyteller. Said he: "Are we disturbed? Well, perhaps disturbed, but not discouraged. Down, but not out. We accept the challenge. . . . Expenditure will be kept inside revenue, no matter what the decrease in revenue may be." General Lord stared the deficit in the face, recalled the black days of 1919: "In certain localities it is the custom to refer to the year of the big snow or the great flood. ... I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 1921 V. 1928 | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

...judgment of Prime Minister Raymond Poincare himself. The question at issue was whether to set up the now virtually stabilized paper franc on a gold basis. To this problem M. Moreau brings strictly practical knowledge acquired during an entire lifetime spent in the Treasury and allied services, latterly as Director General of the State Bank of Algeria, and since 1926 as Governor of the Bank of France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Moreau Threatens | 6/18/1928 | See Source »

...following article by Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, on the Harvard Astronomical Laboratory in Bloemfontein, South Africa, is reprinted from the current issue of the Alumni Bulletin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Describes Equipment of Laboratory in South Africa--Observatory Receives Several Small Telescopes | 6/16/1928 | See Source »

...Saturday night, September 22, a second gathering of the Freshmen is planned in the Union, one of a different character than the first. The subjects for discussion and explanation will be "Athletics" and "Physical Training." W. J. Bingham '16, director of athletics, and A. E. French '29, captain of next fall's football team, will be listed among the speakers. A moving picture film depicting various sports of the College will also be shown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN WEEK IS SHORTENED ONE DAY | 6/14/1928 | See Source »

Crowds attending the West Point, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania football games at the Stadium next fall will find the old familiar wooden stands blocking the open end of the horseshoe. W. J. Bingham '16, Director of Athletics, received notice yesterday from E. T. Roemer, acting building commissioner of the city of Boston, that permission to rebuild these temporary stands, suspended last year, would be accorded again for this fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CITY COMMISSION PERMITS ERECTION OF WOODEN STANDS | 6/13/1928 | See Source »

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