Word: pathe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
According to the chart worked out in Mr. Babson's office. American business prosperity started on its upward path in 1915, and reached its apex in 1920. The lowest point of depression will be reached in June of this year, and from then will begin a steady improvement, which will bring business back to the normal again in 1925. "In 1915," explained Mr. Babson, "we were due for a time of prosperity, but nothing like the immense growth we had. At present, however, I can see no hope for a big spurt in business...
...Inside the oval will be another football field which will probably be given over to future Freshman teams. Surveying of the track will start immediately, and it is expected that by continuing the work during the summer the University track men will be able to use the new cinder path next fall. The football field, however, will not be completed by this time...
...news that a joint invitation is extended by Harvard and Yale to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge for a track meet here next June will be received with applause. Not since 1911 have these four ancient institutions met in competition on the cinder path; and although the Americans have three times journeyed to London, it is just twenty years since their English rivals have visited the United States...
...intensification of prevailing European unrest for which serenity of speech and spirit is the only cure; and others speak likewise. The emigres acquiesce in the belief that the nation's salvation must come from within, and, fully realizing that Sovietism will eventually reach the end of its primrose path-that, given rope enough, it is certain to hang itself-they look keenly forward to the inevitable era of reconstruction. In this latter they are trustful of taking a major part and are ready to tender their services immediately the moment arrives. Their present candor and frankness will then serve them...
...amusing, if nothing else, to ace the protests which the Glee Club's change of policy has elicited from some undergraduates, (and, to be sure, from certain graduates and outsiders). In the old days the Club pursued its path of normality,--though it was gradually introducing each year a certain amount of better music,--without being given much thought, hostile or favorable, by the undergraduates, who for the most part looked down on the organization, or considered it a rather negative factor in the college. Ardent affection for the "old college songs" was not conspicuously prevalent then any more than...