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...such as Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford are just figureheads; they do not express real people in any sense of the word. it is in minor starts, such as Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, and Marie Dressler, when she is tened down, that you find American types expressed. As a comparison, you may remember that Hogarth was considered a minor artist when he was actually painting...
...Sing (the conviction of Herbert Singer, young son of Saul Singer, was reversed). The Bank of U. S. (with 59 branches and $160,000,000 of deposits) still remains far the biggest U. S. bank failure. Harriman National (with three branches and $25,000,000) is small fry by comparison. But Bank of U. S. was not a member of the New York Clearing House. Henceforth the Clearing House can say only that no honest Clearing House bank will fail to pay 100? upon the dollar. Robert S. Stunz, executive vice president of Park Savings Bank at Washington...
Although the Yale Varsity has only won two matches this season, a comparison of the records of both Harvard and Yale shows that the meet should be fairly close. Harvard defeated Princeton 10-7, while Yale downed the Tiger 9-8. The Army won from Harvard 10-6 but from Yale only 9-8. Thus the prediction of a close meet seems justified. No accurate forecast of the Freshman meet can be given, but with their clean slate behind them, the Harvard Freshmen should be able to win easily...
Outside the Banks, life went on in a mood of perplexity now cheerful, now gloomy. "While the people of the state of Kentucky are suffering from a general depression, they may, perhaps, in comparison with the people of other states, have just cause for thanksgiving. . . ." So declared Governor Ruby Laffoon last week, creating four days of "Thanksgiving" to make bank holidays legal. Although other Governors omitted such laffoonery, citizens nearly everywhere were surprised and thankful that realities were no worse...
...appeal stresses the obligation of Harvard faculty members to contribute towards the needs of the community, and adds: "In comparison with most other classes of citizens in this community the officers of Harvard University, having suffered no reduction of salary, are a financially favored group. The general public has a right to expect us to do our full share in such times as these. There is an obligation resting upon us is do as a body, much more this year than we did last year toward helping some of the thousands among our fellow citizens who are constantly facing privations...