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...general, the outlook for recovery is fairly hopeful at present," said Oliver M. W. Sprague '94, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Banking and Finance, in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday. "Recovery," he continued, "does not depend entirely, however, on monetary factors or on any steps taken by the government...
...ally, the Very Rev. James A. Walsh, did likewise. The Susquehanna fire department stopped using water company hydrants, pumped water up from the river. In nearby little Lanesboro, where W. E. Bennett is the village's largest taxpayer, the fire company shut off all its hydrants, proposed to depend entirely on help from the Susquehanna fire department...
...this revolution will go will depend, of course, upon what forces gain control over it. Heretofore, in France, the middle class has always managed to gain this control of the revolutions--which they had made possible--after the radical elements had done most of the fighting; this was the case in 1830, 1848, and 1870. There was, however, one factor present in those cases not duplicated today; the presence of a large body of opposition to the existing form of government, with strong, capable leaders. In France today, there are two parties which are opposed to the continuance...
...justly proud but we cannot ignore the fact that it is increasingly difficult to attract from other universities and research institutes the outstanding men whom we desire. I need not stress the necessity of our having at Harvard great scholars and investigators. Our ultimate contribution to society will depend on their scholarly output and their stimulating teaching. What they accomplish and those whom they inspire will be the measure of our success. If we have in each department of the University the most distinguished faculty which it is possible to obtain, we need have little worry about the future...
...Harvard stage. The system of concentration and distribution, the tutorial system, and the House Plan, one by one took their places in the scheme of education. But it is men and not methods which loom largest in the mind of President Conant. "Harvard's success," he says, "will depend almost entirely on our ability to procure men of the highest calibre for our student body and for our faculty. . . . If we fail in this regard there are no educational panaceas which will restore Harvard to its position of leadership...