Word: certain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...privately, though hundreds of prominent people, unwilling to endure the public ordeal, have sent him blank checks for a private consultation. He always refuses, returning the checks blank. Recently the Austrian Government, con- vinced after prolonged investigation that the Pencil Man is no cheat, rebated him two-thirds of certain taxes which he had paid in ignorance of a clause in the law permitting him to claim exemption...
...first cut in the basketball squad this year. The team will commence work around a nucleus of five of last year's regulars: Captain H.T. Wenner '30, S.C. Burns ocC, T.G. Upton '31, J.L. Rex '31, and P.W. Mahady '30, are the players upon whom Coach Ed Wachter is certain to rely, while G.H. Pattison '32, W.S. Baskerville '32, and W.J. Holland '32, captain of last year's Freshman team are the leading Sophomores who have joined the squad...
...Certain men in each entry of all the dermitories have been appointed to carry out the duties of collectors, they will visit every man on their assignments, and collect as many old clothes and magazines as possible...
...more than a score of years coaches of certain midwestern universities have rotated the position of captain throughout the squad in the course of a season, picking a different leader before each game. Others, notably St. Louis University, have done away with the captain altogether until the banquet which climaxed the fall campaign, then honoring that man as captain whose services during the season had been deemed the greatest...
This situation coupled with the considerations outlined above indicates that permission should be granted the steward to lose a certain amount on the dining halls for the first few years, at least. After all, if the dining Halls cannot compete on a free basis with the other restaurants in Cambridge, there does not seem to be much point in giving them the protective tariff of a flat charge per week. While they are still in the infant industry class protection in the form of University subsidy seems much more advisable in that it will not antagonize any potential users...