Word: trading
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York Tribune, staunch protectionist, makes a violent personal attack upon Prof. Samner of Yale for his free-trade heresies, terming his conduct "unworthy of Yale...
...that he was informed at Pach's studio that no photographs could be ordered after Feb. 1, inasmuch as the "negatives were given to the Heliotype Company, and were destroyed in making the heliotypes." No photographer would ever surrender his negatives this way, for they are his stock in trade. Had your correspondent read carefully the class list sent him in December, he would have seen that no photographs could be ordered after Feb. 15th with a guarantee of delivery on the 10th of June. [Because of the fire the time has been extended.] Nothing more than this was ever...
...evil effects of the examination system have been often commented on. One point, however, has never been mentioned, and that is the disastrous result they bring upon the financial prosperity of the country. One of the Harvard square barbers says that every time the examinations come round his trade so falls off as to materially affect his profits. Probably, though, whatever the barber loses goes to the oil producer for "midnight oil," so that no serious crisis is imminent...
...boats shall start. Harvard wishes it understood her way before she accepts Yale's challenge, and Yale wishes the challenge accepted and the matter arranged afterwards. Harvard has sent an 'ultimatum,' and the Sublime Port and Starboard committee of New Haven are deliberating their answer to it. Meanwhile trade is depressed, and the shares market is out of kilter. This tinkering with the boat race should stop, and the matter decided in one way or another, or a panic may ensue, deep-reaching and appalling...
JUNIOR THEMES.Theme IV. will be due Feb. 20. Subjects: 1. Early American Financeering. Sketch of Robert Morris. 2. An Account of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. 3. Longfellow's Place in English Literature. 4. Leon Gambetta. 5. The Adventures of a Trade Dollar. 6. Greek Plays and Modern Audiences. 7. The Ethical Standards of Under-graduates...