Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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German Internal Debts. Mostly wiped out during the period of inflation. No exact figures available...
...During the last school year, that of 1924-25, military instruction was given in more than 226 educational institutions in the United States: The exact number is difficult to obtain. 226 institutions maintained units of the R. O. T. C., but as explained, the Secretary of War encourages military training in schools which do not establish R. O. T. C. For the schools with R. O. T. C. Congress appropriated $3.818,020 and the number of students taking military instruction was 125,504. To these schools, the War department assigned 768 officers and 1,064 enlisted men to carry...
Professor Copeland, whose reading will take place in the Upstairs Dining Room of the Union at 8.30 o'clock next Tuesday night, will read from Kipling, Milne, Leacock, and Thackery. The exact passages are not announced as yet, but will probably be in the spirit of the Christmas season. The acoustics of the Upstairs Dining Room are better than those of the main hall and the Professor will insist on the doors being locked at 8.30 o'clock sharply to prevent interruption...
...readings will be made from the King James version of the Bible. Professor Copeland has not yet announced the exact passages for his reading. He will introduce his reading by a talk on the nature and content of these passages...
...insinuate that I am willing to sacrifice the interest of general athletics for all in order to secure more seats for the football games. The truth is the exact opposite of this. The policy I have followed in this respect, as expressed in a written report to the Committee on Athletics last winter, has been and is to organize and promote play, particularly in the form of competitive sport, for all members of the University; to provide as rapidly as possible opportunities for everybody to take part in sports of all sorts; and to make these opportunities sufficiently attractive...