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...purpose of the study of economics in a republic to reduce some-what the likelihood of going wrong in economic affairs, and to increase some-what the likelihood of going right. In an autocracy the people may rely upon their rulers for guidance if they happen to have reliable rulers, but in a republic they have no one to rely upon but them-selves. That furnishes a sufficient reason why the study of economics should interest all serious minded people at all times, and especially in a time like this...
...Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, recognizing the inevitability of more or less price-fixing during the public emergency which the country confronted, at the same time called attention to the very serious complications which were likely to follow as a result of it. Of a truth, the likelihood which he then foresaw has since been translated into the realm of actuality. We refer not alone to the many difficulties which price-fixing encountered by the way while the war was still on, but more especially to the anomalies consequent upon it, which have come into hold relief since...
...been decided by the crew management to hold the annual spring regatta this year as usual, May 11 or 25 having been set as tentative dates, with the likelihood of the former being selected. Shortly after the recess, all crews but the upper University and Freshman eights will be reseated according to classes in preparation for the class crew races which constitute the major portion of this regatta. As in former years there will be comp, wherry and single races...
...draft age is not lowered, and, although preparatory school graduates are urged to obtain all the education they can, yet it is very doubtful if more students will be enrolled than at present. As a matter of fact, a continuous decrease is indicated in many ways; the likelihood of younger draftees, the increasing economy of money, and the experience of foreign universities. As war deficits exist already, and as they will surely grow no less under present conditions, every college is forced to adopt new methods of raising or keeping its funds...
That the Holy City will become the permanent property of Christiandom is more than a likelihood. The British campaigns against the Moslems have so far been successful, even though sometimes delayed. The power of the Turk has been weakening in the last half century, and does not seem to be recovering. So long as English progress continues, while the Mohammedans weaken, the lasting possession of Jerusalem seems assured. Unlike many places captured in war, this has suffered no bombardment, much to the satisfaction of all who wish the preservation of the relies of the past. A field of historical research...