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...alone might safely coin silver at a proper ratio: A. S. Stokes, Joint Metallism; W. C. Oates in Cong, Record XXV, App., 152-155. - (a) The proper ratio would be that which would most nearly coincide with market ratio. - (b) This ratio is ascertainable. - (c) There would be no tendency for silver to drive out gold. - (1) A silver dollar would contain a gold dollar's worth of silver. - (d) Our present silver money could be gradually recoined at new ratio; meanwhile government's fiat would maintain it at parity with gold as it does...
...proposal of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America to arrange a match between the joint universities of America and England, although carried at that association's meeting by fifteen votes to three, has received the disapproval of such institutions as Yale, Columbia and Princeton, while Harvard would have no voice in the matter. All things considered it is most improbable that Oxford and Cambridge will give their consent to the match, the suggested month for which is July...
...most important event of the last month in college life at Princeton was the joint debate with Harvard held on March 27th. Great interest was manifested in it both by the students and faculty, and it was clearly shown that the interest in literary contests is not inferior to that of athletics. A very large audience was present, and close attention was paid to the speakers, who were frequently applauded. While the result was not what Princeton had hoped for, every one who heard the debate was satisfied that the decision of the judges was eminently just. The arguments advanced...
...third annual joint play of the two junior societies, D. K. E. and Psi U., will be given some time during the spring term, and if the consent of the Faculty is given, there will be two productions of the piece. The name of the play is "Mr. Bonaparte," and the plot is a burlesque on Napoleon First, in his Russian campaign. The cast will be made up of the following men: Butter-worth, Hooker, Lee, Cooper, Taylor, H. W. Harris, and Driggs, '95; Lackland, Sage, Eagle and Curtis...
...Yale Freshman Union accept the challenge of the Harvard Freshman Debating Club, to a joint debate...