Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...State Legislature of New York, last week, onetime Assemblyman Eliot Tuckerman presented Morris's letter, and a petition.* The whole question of the constitutionality of the 18th Amendment and the Prohibition law, hinges, he pointed out, on the interpretation of one phrase in the Fifth Article of the Constitution, stating: "The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution...
Saturday night the University polo team continued its winning streak by defeating the 110th Cavalry team. At the opening of the game the army men started off in a whirlwind fashion and at the opening of the fifth period were leading by a score of 5 to 3 1-2. However the Crimson mallet men soon rallied and in one chukker of brilliant riding marked up five points. When they led their tired ponies off the sawdust field the score stood 9 1-2 6 in favor of the University team. The team will now have a rest until...
Another rare book in the cases is the fifth edition of "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" by Byron. This edition is extremely uncommon because he caused it to be suppressed for personal reasons, shortly after it was put upon the presses...
...Harvard Fund is a most satisfactory way to raise the twenty-fifth anniversary funds and the Harvard Fund Council has agreed to give the advantages of its organization to all classes engaged in raising their class gift. Contributions to the Fund from members of classes less than 25 years out of college may be credited toward their respective class gifts. However, all such funds will be paid over to the Treasurer of the University, and will receive compound interest at the same state as the other University investments...
...Senior Class Committee decided to take advantage of the mechanism of of the Harvard Fund in order to raise the gift of $150,000 which tradition demands from each class upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of its graduation, because of its obvious advantages. In the first place, granting an equal response from the members of the class, the return will be much larger in 25 years than under the insurance plan, where much money is bound to be dissipated in lapsed policies and in profit for the insurance company. At the same time the chief idea of the insurance plan...