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...ably waged by those against it than by its defenders who boldly proclaimed, "We need more games; more cricket, symnaeiums, and exercise of every kind. One after another the old institutions of our college life are disappearing. Cling with greater tenacity to the rest. They will be among the pleasantest recollections of after years...
...Verein Turmwaechter, Harvard's German Club, began its existence with a few members united by their interest in the German language and culture. It has retained this interest and enthusiasm and opens its season this year stronger than ever before and with aspirations for the best and pleasantest year...
...Pleasantest discovery for brokers was that for dozens of stocks the Act's tentative margin requirements were actually lower than those demanded by the New York Stock Exchange. The 45% margin formula had loomed so large that the alternative formula had been almost ignored. The second formula permitted loans up to 100% of the lowest price of the previous three years but not more than 75% of the current price. Though the Act arbitrarily set July i, 1933 as the starting point, a customer could legally trade in a stock like U. S. Steel on a 25% margin...
Grave and reverend seniors in their black silk gowns and dainty lace jabots are the 15 judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague, better known as the World Court. It is their privilege to meet in one of the pleasantest, most impressive of courtrooms, the great Peace Palace built by Andrew Carnegie in 1913. To underwrite their deliberations all member nations pay, through the League of Nations, annual sums totaling about $500,000 (each judge's salary is $18,000 a year), and are expected to lay before the court for final settlement their gravest...
...should not include this course on their cards, for it is almost imperative that they attend all classes. During the year excerpts from the works of modern authors are read in addition to the first part of "I Promessi Sposi" by Manzoni, which is without doubt one of the pleasantest books read in any elementary modern language course...