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...Times Says: "In general of offensive play Harvard was the superior in variety and strength although it gained less ground by straight rushing. Both teams were weak defensively, especially on the right side of the line, and it was the case of two strong. offensive organizations, each making much headway through the other...
American merchants and bankers have been making surprising progress in the expansion of their activities in Colombia. Before the war we were supplying 27 per cent of the total imports of that country, and but little effective headway was being made toward improvement, primarily because of the entire absence of American branch banks and of thoroughly American mercantile agencies. Today our commercial interests in Colombia are being aggressively developed through fifteen branch banks, an American Chamber of Commerce, and at least twenty large and well planned distributing organizations. This explains in large measure the growth in our share of Colombia...
...Athletic Association and will coach the 1921 baseball team. Coach Slattery proved last season to be one of the greatest baseball coaches the University ever had Although the team last year started off rather slowly, as both material and coach were new, under his leadership it steadily gained headway until at the end of the season the University defeated Yale, winning two out of three games in the series. The enthusiastic, confidence which University baseball men place in Coach Slattery is not only a tribute to his coaching; it will count for much in the-morale of the team this...
This growth of conservatism, however, is not to be wondered at. It is the only policy that is open to labor when it has to meet conditions in which there are more men than jobs. Moreover, labor realizes that if it wishes to make headway with the Republican Congress, put in by an electorate that is manifesting an increasing spirit of conservatism, it must appeal to fairness and reason rather than wield the big stick...
...class campaign to complete Boston's portion of the Harvard endowment fund is now under full headway. Much work is being done by personal solicitation as well as by letter. The local committee is confident that the full amount can be raised, but it frankly admits that the undertaking is one of considerable magnitude...