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...management of this college was projected on new lines. A Board of Trustees in America would be necessary, but it was planned that from the beginning the local management, and ultimately the entire control of the institution, should be vested in residents of Turkey, that the native constituency should bear an equal and finally a preponderant share in the privilege and responsibility of this management, and that they should exercise this power not as a gift but as a matter of right, guaranteed by the fundamental law of the college organization. A temporary Board of Founders and later a permanent...
...college has exercised great influence indirectly upon the people of the city, both Christians and Moslems, it has given rise, partly by way of competition, to three local schools of Iycee ranking, one of them Moslem. When the college was founded, the excellent site outside the city was given by a wealthy Moslem, and though the attendance of Moslem students was prohibited under the old regime and interfered with under the new, the eyes of the Turks have been upon it continually...
...most significant feature of American penetration into Colombia during the past few years has been in connection with the petroleum industry. Thus far the Colombian oil production has been amounting only to a few thousand barrels for local consumption. The rich possibilities of these deposits, however, and the relation of the American concessionaires to the Colombian government are factors which will figure conspicuously in the future relations between the United States and Colombia...
...successful, as business editors of the CRIMSON. This is one of the few competitions in College combining a direct business training with the affairs of the particular competition. The candidate is daily in contact with the business men of Boston. His chief work is securing advertising, both national and local...
...defeated the Virginia Polytechnic Institute runners by the score of 74 to 52, and on March 30 they vanquished the University of Virginia, Southern champions, by a 65 to 61 score. The track conditions in the meet with V. P. I. were exceptionally good, and as a result five local records were broken, and all the races were run in remarkably good time. Captain Demming, in the quarter, Way in the broad-jump, Hile in the dashes and hurdle events, and Romig in the mile and two-mile are the best men on the Penn State team. Way holds...