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...Malign our lodgings, (if you can, in the face of such enormous advantages) Never visit them. It is not that. We neither heed calumny, nor need attention. It is the failure to realize their existence that appalls and sickens us. Ignored by the powers who appoint a proctor for every dormitory, unmentioned by that great work "Information in regard to the Freshman Halls with Floor Plans and Prices," forgotten by those who decree that every Freshman Dormitory shall have a representative on the Union Committee (of all things), we should almost welcome even adverse comment. As Lord Denry Wotton said...
Causes. "The main causes of this Depression came from outside the U. S. . . . our wild speculation, our stock promotion, our loose and extravagant business methods, our unprecedented drought . . . the malign inheritances of the Great War . . . huge taxes . . . mounting armament . . . over-rapid expansion of production, collapse in price of many foreign raw materials ... the demonetization of silver...
Simultaneously another deal emerged from the conference. It was a deal long-rumored, without malign significance. Central Trust Co. of Illinois, long known as "The Dawes Bank" because its honorary chairman is Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes, announced it would merge with The National Bank of the Republic. The new Central Republic Bank & Trust will have resources of $350,000,000. Its existence will please the Continental Illinois and First National Banks, both of whom are said to have long-wished for a third big bank in Chicago. Not included in the deal were six small banks connected with the Foreman...
...Peterson scandal-he was supposed to have paid his political overlord some $2,000-soon evaporated. Not to malign a dead man, it seemed sufficient to say that Postmaster Peterson's bankruptcy was his own fault and not political. But there were other cases...
Archbishop Drossaerts, as he said these words, was speaking to people whose minds were filled with a thousand small and bitter pictures. He and they could remember the stories that are told across the border, of the malign and treacherous determination with which Mexican officials pursue Roman Catholics. In circulation are the stories...