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...casting aspersions upon Republican protectionism for their own nefarious ends. The President thereupon trenchantly reminded the nation that those who lend money are ever anxious for international free trade, but that the Republican party stands ready to defend those who earn money in the U. S. with its tariff shield...
Near the stamps of Collector Hind the lights of the Grand Central Palace shone on a stamp with George Washington's face on it (an old New York issue, one of the rarest stamps in the world); the "St. Louis" 20-cent stamp with two bears holding a shield; the one-franc tête bêche stamps (printed upside down); the freak inverted 24-cent U. S. airplane stamps (only one sheet of them got into circulation) and many another scrap of paper that it would be bad luck to throw away if found on some...
...best. The game between Dartmouth and Harvard has been for some time an example of what college football can be. So it is with perfect good will toward all that the Crimson takes the day off from higher seriousness and with joe de vivre written upon the family shield gees down to the stadium to help welcome that institution of which Daniel Webster once said, "It is a small college, but there are those who love it." It is, indeed, fitting that this game should take place on the day set aside as a memorial day for that great...
...famed Aztec Calendar Stone, partially interpreted by Professor Valentini in 1875. This stone, found and buried as pagan by the Spanish in 1551, was unearthed in 1790 and embedded in the walls of the Metropolitan Cathedral ^ of Mexico City. About ten feet in diameter, shaped like a round shield, it was (according to Mr. Brewer) carved in 1090 A. D. to mark the reformation of the Moundbuilder-Aztec chronology upon their arrival in their new home from the Mississippi Valley...
...further inducement to participation in class football, individual trophies will be awarded to the members of the winning team and a shield with their names upon it will be hung in the Locker Building. At the next meeting of the Student Council the question of awarding class numerals to the members of the winning team will be taken up. Among the coaches who will take charge of the squad this season are K. S. Pfaffman '24, on the 1924 eleven, and John Donovan '22. Equipment will be distributed at the Locker Building before the initial meeting today...