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Last summer the Harvard Mission, under the chairmanship of W. E. Stearns '23, supported a Harvard Daily Vacation Bible School on the grounds of the Grace Methodist Church, Cambridge, with R. P. Bridgman '18 as principal, and an enrollment of 123 students. In August the Mission sent David Hall '22 and R. B. Smith '22 to the American University, Beirut, Syria, as teachers. Their salaries are paid by the Mission. One Mission study group, led by Professor James J. Addison, was held in the fall, and at least one will be held this spring. On December...
...August, Harvard Square business man, is sailing today for an extended tour of England and the Continent to procure a Spring stock of habordashery and woolens...
America expects to free the Islands. The short preamble of the Jones Act passed by Congress in August 1916, declares that "it has always been the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable form of government can be established therein." The statement is clear and honest. But the question disturbing the Filipinos is, "When...
...trial of General Souschomlimor, former Russian Minister. At the conclusion of this trial, at which the General was convicted of treason and sentenced to imprisonment for life, Lieutenant Brasol was sent by the Russian Government to England. He remained there nine weeks, and sailed for America in August 1916, as one of the four members of the Anglo-Russian Committee which was in supreme control of all orders for munitions of war placed by Russia in the American market with British funds...
Judged alone by the developments since the passage of the Act, it has not been entirely successful. In August, 1920, the Commission fixed rates which, it was expected, would yield the railroads 6 percent on their value. If there had been no depression in business this result might have been attained, but in 1921 the aggregate return was only slightly in excess of 3 percent. The recapture provision has not yet been an issue as few roads have earned in excess of 6 percent. The provision as to rate divisions has been the subject...