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...close of the war, out courses were not given until the following year, 1919-20. All equitation at this time was done in the Commonwealth Armory until Major Goets succeeded in having the stables on Soldiers Field built, and having the entire organization centralized. The United States has lent nearly $1,000.000 in equipment to the unit in 1919, 100 men took courses in the department; today this number has become 300. The R. O. T. C. unit has made possible a polo team for the University and has organized pistol-shooting as an undergraduate sport. These various achievements were...
...almost certain that the Curzon speech was a British diplomatic feeler intended to bring about an end to the Ruhr impasse, which is a great source of worry to British commercial interests. Strength is lent to this contention by Bonar Law, the British Prime Minister, taking a holiday. His voice was considerably weakened by a recent attack of laryngitis, but he has always taken an active part in cabinet affairs. It is inconceivable that he would leave London unless a plan having his approval as head of the Government had already been decided. The inference is that the Curzon speech...
...where they had spent their chief hours of labor preparing for the examinations. It was at this point that the parade reached its maximum of enthusiasm and attracted a large crowd of interested onlookers, including some newspaper reporters and photographers. Joining in the enthusiasm of the occasion, the crowd lent its assistance as the parade, with the band still in the lead, marched to Mt. Auburn Street and gradually was dissipated into small groups, which wandered back to the Yard...
...Professor Stearns to buy books directly, a few distinguished lawyers, the Hon. Christopher Gore, the Hon. Daniel Chipman, Judge Jackson, and Caleb Cushing occasionally gave their volumes to the College or to the School. The little collection of books, some of which belonged to the Professor, some given or lent by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, some given by the College for the use of law students, some lent by the College, and some purchased for the school with the original fund, were kept in Professor Stearns' office, and were soon in great confusion. As there was no money to publish...
...Fund, Mr. Gompers declared, is used only to further radical enterprises. But this statement is denied by Roger Baldwin, a director of the Fund, who points out that money has been lent or given outright to such respectable and public spirited causes as that represented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...