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The annual award of honorary degrees, like the English New Year's Rank List, is an opportunity to recognize genuine greatness. This year's list is perhaps typical:--the Canadian Prime Minister for his honorable work of government; Professor Grandgent for his outstanding scholarship and talent; Mr. Morgan for his...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REWARD OF MERIT | 6/22/1923 | See Source »

If this can be taken as an indication that Turkey is at last of a mind to gentle the high tone which she has hitherto assumed, the present Lausanne Conference may be able to complete its business satisfactorily within two or three weeks. It is possible that she has discovered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LIGHT IN THE EAST | 5/28/1923 | See Source »

It has been said that men may be known by their books. The immense library of the late Professor James, with the pencilled annotations with which he improved it, would probably reveal his personality as thoroughly as his philosophical writings, his informal essays, or even his delightful letters. A search...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A MODERN CLERK OF OXENFORD | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

That they do not relish continual defeat is not hard to guess; and from what the average supporter has seen of Harvard football teams he knows that on every squad there are men who understand how to win. Form may be an excellent thing but the layman has a habit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CREW'S CRUISE | 4/30/1923 | See Source »

Foreign exchange experienced quiet trading and few significant movements in rates. The advance of silver bullion in the London and New York markets was responsible for a rise in the Oriental silver currencies. Sterling improved fraction ally, again moving through $4.70, Undoubtedly the most interesting circumstance in the foreign exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finance: Rigging the Mark | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

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