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...practically no cost the University could grade the field behind the Business School and extend the privileges of the enlarged space to members of the College. Such a parking lot would be more convenient for residents of the Houses than many garages and would reduce expenses on cars that do not need the protection of a closed garage Parking drives are an intolerable nuisance to everyone except the College authorities...
...probably put the Public Debt to an all-time high.* The proceeds were to be lent to states, counties and municipalities on a 30-to-70 basis. It was estimated that each billion dollars would put 1,000,000 men to work constructing bridges, laying roads, clearing slums, eliminating grade crossings, building war ships. Private industry was to get no cash from the Government, on the ground that the Treasury, unable to supply all-comers, should avoid discrimination by supplying none...
...busy in his Manhattan factory. Last February he opened a second Manhattan showroom in the St. Moritz Hotel. Next fortnight he will open a $50,000 display at the Traymore in Atlantic City. Mont bars run all the way from $80 to $8,000. His best customers: top grade speakeasies, underworld tycoons...
Left over from a time when course grades were, almost exclusively, the basis of the degree, the general honors award has become sharply out of harmony with the ideal and aims of the college. It places unfortunate stress on the grade-grubbing routine and permits neglect of tutorial work, the thesis, and the advantages of concentrated study in one field culminating in general examinations. Aside from its inadequacy within the College, there is marked inequity in granting the same cum laude on such different grounds of achievement. The degree should be a badge of something approaching maturity of outlook; nine...
...polo has a cc.chet, a glamor that it lacks in Texas where cowboys play it wearing chaps, or in Hollywood where actors have their handicaps published in Variety, or at Meadow Brook where it is taken completely for granted. Two summers ago, Chicago had a taste of high-grade polo when an Argentine team stopped off to play. This year Chicago will have more than a taste. In honor of the World's Fair, the Open Championship will probably be played there with players from England and possibly a 25-goal team of Indians led by the Maharaja...