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...election, he was reported to have left for the South Seas in his private yacht, to hunt for flying fish. In one form or another, catching fish has always been Mr. Thompson's hobby. The once-mighty Capone is contemplating the stripes in his new suit, while his henchmen maintain bread-lines from the profit of their labors. The city has six hundred fifty thousand unemployed, and a financial Gordian knot which has yet to find its Alexander. Whatever its future may bring, history will record that in the decade which has just closed Chicago was preeminent for public vulgarity...
...Memorial Hall was very popular. More men were assigned to tables than could sit at them at one time; there was a waiting list, and Randall Hall was built for men who wanted less expensive board. But gradually these halls became less frequented, until it was impossible, to maintain them without a loss. The final blow was given by the war, which brought in the habit of eating at cafeterias--not a desirable one, for the object of students' meals is not only nutrition, poorly supplied by the cafeteria system, but also companionship, which it does not supply...
...natural reaction from abnormal war conditions. The price level rose rapidly during the war. Then followed an inflationary period when the credit of all nations was put to test and in most cases failed. During and after these times occurred an amazing attempt of the industrially advanced states to maintain exaggerated values in terms of money, upon the theory that prosperity depended upon high prices of finished products, securities, and land. At the same time improved processes of manufacture tended to force down the price level. But large doses of ballyhoo and misloading accounting managed to prevent the natural decline...
...basketball to build up a lead of 15 to 10 in the first half and to cling of its slender lead throughout the greater part of the final period. However, with four minutes left to play. Columbia knotted the count at 21-21 and scored the winning points to maintain its undefeated record...
...currently believed that Fscism applies forms of pressure which would not be condoned outside of Italy to maintain its power. In the present case, the fact that college professors alone in the department of Italian education are required to take the oath is particularly injurious. It confirms the suspicion that the intention is not merely to insure support of Fascism, but to throttle the free investigation of political theory in the classroom...