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...such a proposition," continued Major Moore, "but I am sure the Harvard Athletic Committee is unalterably opposed to it. In the first place, it would make necessary more and longer trips than Harvard teams have been allowed to take. It would make baseball far more expensive than we can afford. Last and most important, it would take control of our own athletics out of our hands. The Athletic Committee has been designated by the Corporation to control Harvard athletics. They should be allowed to do so without outside interference...
...work. He is proud, for one thing. If a tenant does not pay his rent, he will not ask for it. People might think he needed the money. If a demand is made upon him, he will accede to it rather than admit even to himself that he cannot afford it. Then, too, he has a German wife who does not know that money is not plentiful, and an only and expensive son. Things are in this state when Holmengraa arrives at Se-gelfoss, wearing a fur coat and a heavy gold chain. Holmengraa is known as "King Tobias...
...when investors or financiers could afford to stick up their noses at the "specialties" has long since passed. Few better instances of this fact have appeared than the Gillette Safety Razor...
...When you make a list of the big women in Washington, you can't afford to leave out Ruth McCormick. . . . She is the sort you can't keep under...
...Brooks House textbook loan library will be open for the rest of the week. Designed to benefit those who cannot afford to purchase textbooks, it contains the works in Latin, Greek, French, German, English, Mathematics, and the sciences which are generally prescribed for the second half-year...