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...Fourteen years ago a young Brazilian, Virgilino Ferreira da Silva, persuaded the trusting Assembly of the State of Pernambuco to make him an honorary captain in its constabulary so that he might avenge his father who had been murdered in Pernambuco's hinterland. The Assembly made a mistake...
Student Council awards totalling $510 have been given to fourteen undergraduates in Harvard College, as follows...
...their expansive force can be compared with the development of the railroads, with electrification, or with motorization." The statistical survey indicates that in a normal future year the capital needs of the country will be about eight billions of dollars while the amount of savings will be around fourteen billions...
Fifteen to twenty men came out for the wrestling team as compared with fourteen for the gymnastic team, which shows that the interest in both sports is about the same. Yet of the two only the wrestling team has a coach. The present objection to having a coach seems to be that the Gymnastic Association is not on a paying basis, and that more expense is not warranted. Is this reason more valid for this branch of sport than for the wrestling, which also yields a deficit annually? Besides, the gymnastic associations do not pay in the colleges where they...
There is no doubt that President Roosevelt's action will meet with a warm, popular response in this country. At the same time it must be noted that it represents a sharp change from recent general policy. For the past fourteen years there have been serious restrictions upon immigration; so much so that not more than about 140,000 persons have been allowed to enter the country annually as against the earlier average of 1,000,000. During some of the depression years after 1930 the United States actually lost more aliens, through their returning home, than it gained through...