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...beginnings of Harvard which are on display, that of most immediate interest is probably the Charter. Protected from the bright glare of modern electric lamps by a heavy cloth, the precious parchment reposes safely beneath locked show cases. But by simply folding back this covering the curious may inspect as they will this aged treasure of the College as it lies in its gilt frame behind crimson curtains. It is the original charter of 1650 granted by the General Court of the Colony and signed by the Governor, Thomas Dudley. "The Christian Warfare against the Devil World and Flesh," sole...
Before these fortunate young men move in, let us inspect their new abodes whilst we can still do so without infringing privacy, and the better to understand what we are seeing let us look also into Harvard's House Plan, which begins this month...
...addition to mining shares (oil as well as metal), the new market will list stocks of companies in allied industries. Rigid listing requirements (a staff of technical experts will inspect all properties of companies seeking to be listed), rule against wash sales and other malpractices, promise that the Mining Exchange will not tolerate conditions usually associated with trading in cheap stocks. The best guaranty of this, however, is the reputation of the Exchange's President, Heber Charles Hicks...
...Secretary of War Patrick Jay Hurley lunched with President Hoover at the White House, hurried out to Boiling Field, climbed into a big Army plane, flew off on an important mission. On one of the longest river junkets ever undertaken by a Secretary of War, he was going to inspect the Mississippi from (navigable) source to delta, from Minneapolis to the Gulf. President Hoover wanted him to find out how the $325,000,000 flood control program was progressing, how navigational improvements along the stream were getting on, what could be done to speed up the work...
Last week Minister von Baligand marched down the Lisbon quay in splendid regalia, went out to inspect the German warship Konigsberg which is now visiting Portugal. Presently, in the Captain's barge, he returned to shore. As he stepped upon the dock a demented man whipped out a Mauser pistol, shot Kate's friend's husband dead...