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When the central authorities at Constantinople have to be urged for months to give their consent to the expedition, when the journey inland has to be picked with care to avoid hostile Arab tribes, and when the Arabs in and about the excavation camp are eager for the hordes of gold which the expedition is supposed to possess, the man who has such an expedition on his shoulders has to possess a good deal of resolution. Dr. Peters modestly gave an example of his tact by telling how he worked upon the superstitions of the natives by an abundant display...
...would revive the evils of the old system. (a) Insufficient and unequal securities. - (1) An account of diversity of laws in the states. (2) As evidenced by the present defective banking laws of many states; Knox, Finance Report, 1875, p. 202. (b) The people cannot be trusted to avoid wild-cat schemes, as shown by (1) The free coinage craze. (2) Endowment orders. (c) Repeal would tend to drive coin from circulation: Royall, Andrew Jackson and U. S. Bank, 55-57, 64; McKinley in Boston Herald, Oct. 5, 1892. (d) cost of discount and exchange. (1) Notes would be redeemable...
...HILL, '91,J. M. PERKINS '92,4 Stoughton.POLITICAL ECONOMY 4. - Review previous to the hour examination this evening in Manter 2 at 7.15 p.m. Price $3. Gentlemen are requested to kindly avoid opening accounts for reviews...
...some time there has been a growing feeling in the college, that while it may be well to begin the mid-year examinations at half-past nine, the finals should begin earlier, in order to avoid the hot part of the day. Everyone who has been through a hard final on one of Cambridge's hot June days, knows what it is to long for cooler weather. Whatever change is made cannot, of course, remedy the difficulty entirely, but it can help in some degree. The hot part of the day from ten or eleven on, cannot be avoided...
...into consideration two elements, the existing interests and ideas as embodied in the undergraduates, and the past experience, the knowledge of which is possessed by the graduates. Both of these factors are of the utmost importance; the sports must be kept up to date, and yet, in order to avoid blind mistakes must be guided by the experience of what has gone before. The plan proposed to combine these two necessities, is briefly this: the committee which shall have the direct management of the athletic teams is to consist of the captain of the team, a graduate, and an expert...