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...news that the Columbia crews are to practice in secret is exceedingly mystifying; it causes one to suspect some unusual motive--unless indeed the Columbia oarsmen have decided to row frontward a la Chesapeake Bay or to adopt some other equally revolutionary stroke. It has been suggested that this is a result of the all-pervasive influence of Mr. Percy Haughton, who like most sorcerers accomplishes his greatest miracles in an atmosphere of secrecy. But a clue to an even more satisfactory reason is furnished by the news that London's riverside flappers had to be dispersed by the "bobbies...
...attempt to make the debate more interesting this year, the three Universities will adopt the Oxford style, which was used to successfully by that college in their debates last fall. This style is marked by an informality which seeks to drop out statistics as much as possible, and to eliminate technicalities...
...which England finds herself. In the midst of such vigor Malthus offers no, remedy. There are possibilities in Swift's old cure for the starvation in Ireland. And yet it is only too probable that the English population would continue to recreate itself like the hydra-headed monster. To adopt the fatalistic attitude and let nature take its course would doubtless lead in a short time to such swarms that all Britain would be a vast human sardine-can. Yet there is a gleam of hope like the dawn on far off hills. Before quarters become too close for effective...
...already evidenced. The critical situation in the Northwest may, however, produce political pressure on the Reserve to lower its rate. Even the Minneapolis Reserve Bank has a reserve ratio of almost 80%?a very high figure. But the Reserve officials evidently intend to feel their way cautiously, to adopt in part a policy of "watchful waiting." Their greatest fear is inflation; and with our huge unused gold reserves, it is something to be watched...
...club will not at first adopt a definite platform, but will form a medium around which opinions can crystallize, and form a basis for the adoption later of a position that shall be truly representative of Harvard Democratic thought. One object of the club will be to get men prominent in the Democratic party to speak at the University. Next week a drive for membership will be instituted...