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...less than that a candidate for entrance whose native tongue is English will not be admitted unless his work in English is passable. The question then arises whether the present generation of sub freshmen talk and write worse English than the one preceding, and whether that generation fell short in this respect of its senior. One thing is certain, at all events, and that is that the present crop of freshmen at Harvard and elsewhere are nothing much when it comes to talking and writing English. It is not entirely the fault of these unhappy youths that this should...
Genevieve Clark Thomson, of New Orleans, able golfer, announced her candidacy for the seat in the House which fell vacant with the death of H. Garland Dupre (TIME, Mar. 3). Thomson is a name known in New Orleans, because James M. Thomson is publisher of The Item. Mrs. Thomson is his wife. But the whole country knows the name of the late Champ Clark. Mrs. Thomson is his daughter...
...gross profits fell from $12,531,379 to $9,559,804, while operating expenses rose from $7,305,176 to $8,797,397. In consequence, profit was reduced from $5,226,203 to $762,407; figuring in "other income," total profits for 1923 were $1,107,537 compared with $5,577,846 the year before. Thus, after interest, depreciation and profit sharing in 1922 are deducted, the net profit of $3,144,549 in 1922 became last year a net loss of $1,166,284. In both years, dividends were paid on the two classes of preferred stock, but none...
...supporters when the vote was taken after the meeting of the Freshman Discussion Club last night. The resolution, "That the United States should unconditionally act in accord with the provisions of the Bok Peace Plan," was ably defended by F. V. M. Montanari and M. J. Dononvan, but fell before the attack of J. R. Creel and W. E. Wilson, who argued that "The Bok Plan is an impracticable, half-baked compromise between the League of Nations and nothing...
...heaviest twenty-four-hour rain in the United States occurred in Taylor, Texas where there fell in one day a total of twenty-four inches which is a little less than Cambridge gets in one year...