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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that meat consumption in the U. S. increased from 143.9 Ibs. per capita in 1921 to 149.7 Ibs. in 1922, to 167 Ibs. in 1923-and that five-sixths of the extra meat consumed was pork, pork being now 54% of the meat diet of the world's greatest meat-eating nation...
Europe continued to prove our greatest customer and our greatest source of imports. As compared with the trade of January, 1923, this month in 1924 saw our exports to other North American countries decline from $78,000,000 to $74,000,000 and those to South America increase from $21,000,000 to $23,000,000; to Asia from $42,000,000 to $73,000,000; to Oceania (Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand and all the South Sea islands as far east as Hawaii), from $8,000,000 to $13,900,000; to Africa from...
...second part the Drama opens out, freeing itself from the strictness of absolute history, Nathan Holden--acted by Neil Hamilton, and Nancy Montague (Carol Dempster) hold the chief interest. Nell Hamilton proves by his work in this picture that he is worthy of being classed with the greatest of cinema actors. This film should make his fame, as "The Four Horsemen" made that of Rudolph Valentino. Then, besides the leading couple, Lionel Barrymore is effective as the cruel Captain Butler, who directs the Iroquois raids, and ravages the American outposts. About these three a rapidly shifting melodrama of death, pasion...
That Moliere ranks as the greatest of all French writers, as does Shakspere of English and Goethe of German, was the contention of Professor C. H. C. Wright '91, yesterday afternoon in the fourth lecture of the series on five great authors. Further comparison, Professor Wright pointed out, was futile because each nation thinks its own greatest writer to be supreme over all others...
...season, the track team is as present unseasoned and uncertain. It has vulnerable weaknesses in certain--fields; in others it has shown marked strength. If, during the coming months, the coaching staff can reinforce the weaker branches of the team, and coordinate them with those in which lies the greatest strength the University is assured a team of consistent power during the spring months. Otherwise, it must expect the same checkered career of success and failure which it encountered during the winter...