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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This recalls again the statement made some years ago to the effect that the only future to which New England could look forward was that of being the playground of the nation, as railroad folders alluringly express it. The Green and White Mountains so cut up the terrain that large scale agriculture is impossible; the natural water power facilities will soon be surpassed by those developed by other districts; and the geographical location is not central enough to exert a powerful effect on the course of national trade. So say the ravens...
...rivals is Dan Haggerty, he-man from the flannel-shirted West. The other rival is one Captain Daingerfield, who, by way of contrast, is no wizard at business. In fact, his obliging old uncle has settled an allowance of $20,000 a year on him with the express stipulation that he is not to attempt any more business...
...Journal of the American Medical Association, after an investigation "does not hesitate to express the opinion that the so-called Benjamin Franklin Fund does not exist and that the alleged major award to Banning is as big a hoax as the resurrection stunt at the Albany County Hospital." The latter allusion refers to a former incident in which Banning was involved. During the summer of 1923 newspaper editors received four typewritten pages, legal size, purporting to come from the Albany Chamber of Commerce. It dealt with the "most remarkable case in modern medical science" that had recently happened...
...opponents of military training at Harvard are sincere in their convictions (and I have not the slightest doubt that they are) let them introduce their resolution in another debate, called for that express purpose, and let us get a true concensus of opinion in the University. C. P. MOREHOUSE...
...system will provide facilities for adequate preparation for the test of the general examinations. More important, it will serve to promote valuable and intelligent reading. Most important of all, perhaps, it will aid in clarifying the student's ideas by giving him a chance to express to people more interested than a bored roommate, the opinions he has formed as the result of his reading and study. In brief the system will bring to that large group concentrating in Modern Languages all the advantages now accruing to students in the other divisions that employ tutors...