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...steer successfully between the Seylla of graduate and undergraduate hopes of victory and the Charybdis of ever-ready denunciation on the score of "over-emphasis" requires a master hand. Surpassing even the crafty Ulysses, Dean Briggs has made sacrifices neither to the one nor to the other. It is true that the golden age of the Haughton regime made the football seasons more than satisfactory to the students and alumni--but in other sports there was no overwhelming superiority to lull would-be dissenters into "innocuous desuetude". Having a clear idea, however, of the place which athletics ought to occupy...
...then turned its attention to the fiscal measures which Premier Poincare piloted through the dangerous waters of the Chamber of Deputies (TiME, Feb. 18, et seq.). While the discussions were proceeding, the franc was dropping, as was Premier Poincare's political prestige. Every effort was being made to steer the bill through with as little delay as possible in order that the Government might stay the tumble of the franc...
Newspapers in general, and contentious newspapers in particular, keep a wary eye out for the law of libel and usually steer a safe course outside the three mile limit. A libel case, a good one, is a rarity among the larger papers of the country. But by a decision of a Justice of the New York Supreme Court last week, Mr. William Randolph Hearst and the Star Company will have to defend a libel suit...
Twenty-four coxswain candidates reported yesterday afternoon and heard Coach Stevens outline their work. But in as much as the total number of oarsmen has swelled since the first registration, more men will be necessary to steer the 35 crews which are the minimum expected to take to the water when the ice breaks...
...franc? Why tolerate that in France, notably Alsace-Lorraine, important contracts are signed between French industrials payable in dollars, as if the franc had ceased to be the only currency having official circulation in France? Whatever way we turn, we find the need for a strong Premier to steer the country through its difficult task. M. Poincaré as Minister of Foreign Affairs has been admirably firm, dauntless and energetic in the conduct of the battle of the Ruhr, but as President of the Council of Ministers he has found internal politics nauseating and has been reluctant to take action because...