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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...merchant, even the thief, is re- compensed for the lean years of his schooling by large profits in his prime. The clergyman, also, must undergo an intensive theological training before he receives a degree; afterward his education is still gradual and hard. Then, even if he has reached rare proficiency, his financial recognition is far less than that of an able dentist, is comparable to that of a high-grade mechanic...
Yachts are rarely wrecked. Only the sturdiest, save in exceptional cases, go far to sea. Others are shrewdly, carefully sailed or navigated. Or perhaps yachtsmen are lucky. Among the rare disasters are: The father of W. A. W. Stewart, one-time commodore of the potent Seawan-haka Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, L. I., was lost with a party in a hurricane off the Florida coast about 25 years ago. The Liev Eriksson, from Norway to Newfoundland, with a party including William Washburn Nutting was lost off Iceland in 1924. Alain J. Gerbault, famed French tennis player, bound around the world...
President Coolidge's speech on finance received even more attention from the press yesterday than is usually accorded the rare statements of the Chief Executive, because of the unwonted public criticism of naval expenditure. As was to be expected, the President denied any attempt at competitive construction, and said that the $750,000,000 he will ask from Congress for naval armament "considers our requirements alone." But admittedly these requirements are necessitated by the failure of the Geneva Arms Conference last summer, and the end required is that American warship building parallel the intensive program now being pursued in England...
...framed against the back seat of an open Packard, license No. 2. The Dutch aristocracy of Albany noted the gradual improvement of her appearance as the sales-ladies of Altman's [Manhattan department store] have become more adept at finding becoming gowns for her, and on the rare occasions when she stands in the receiving line of the Junior League assemblies, she is as well-dressed as the most important Van Hoogkamp or Vandervorden...
Such teachers have been all too rare in our colleges. They are the possessors of wisdom and understanding, the men who have not forgotten that when they were young they looked upon a professor as a combination of a tyrant: a dullard and a purveyor of unwelcome information necessary for passing examinations. Hence they have made it a special practice it might almost be termed an art-of reaching out to shake the students out of their distrust and to substitute zest for lethargy. "Copey's" success has been reflected in the accomplishments of so many who passed under...