Word: june
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reaction from wartime exaltation the moral power of the nation suffered little diminution." Heavy taxes were borne courageously. Three times taxes have been reduced, "saving the nation between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 each day." The national debt will have been reduced by one-third next June. "The saving in interest alone is about $1,000,000 for each...
...peaks of the Canadian Rockies last summer will be the subject of a lecture to be given by A. J. Ostheimer '29 in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 7.15 o'clock. Ostheimer will show slides and motion pictures of the expedition which he led last June to the snowy heights of Alberta and British Columbia...
Accompanied by seven others, including two undergraduates of the University, Ostheimer started in June from Jasper, Alberia, and rode south to Mount Daia, the first of the 30 hitherto unclimed peaks which were scaled during the summer by the expedition. One of the most spectacular feats was the climbing of four peaks in the Columbia ice-field in 36 hours without rest. One of the highest peaks encountered was "Mount Lowell", 10,800 feet high, named by the party in honor of President Lowell...
Thirteen such months give 364 days. But there are 365.242 days in each year. The 13th month and the extra day and a fraction are disposed of in this wise: The month is inserted in the calendar between June and July and called Sol, because during it would come the summer solstice. The full extra day would come at the end of the year and be called International Day, Dec. 29 or Jan. 0. There remains practically a quarter day, which every four years could be counted an accumulated full day. This would be inserted between June...
Again silent Banker Stillman speaks. In England, he learned that Mr. Morgan was living alone. So he paid a call one hot June morning. "Morgan asked, 'What brought you here to see me, Stillman?' I answered, 'Oh, I thought you might be lonely.' Whereat Morgan jumped up from the table and ran around and kissed me on the cheek...