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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...past few years," continued Governor Strong, "finance has not been subject to the normal influences of peace, and this state of affairs will continue as long as governments are forced into paying out more than their revenues bring in. As a war measure the governments of the world have been forced to assume credit wherever they could find it. Although the United States has in the main recovered her stability, the nations of Europe still remain under the war cloud...
...Barker is an international figure in the theatrical world and one of the moving spirits in nearly every worth-while theatrical movement of the past decade. he has always maintained an especially keen interest in the University and in the past has spoken here on several occasions...
...this afternoon when it meets the Melrose High School players on the Charlesbank rinks at 3 o'clock. Although there has been but a short time in which the yearlings have been able to practice, there is a nucleus for a fast and aggressive team. Poor ice for the past two days has prevented all rink work for the 1923 team. G. Owen '19, former hockey captain at Newton High, is the mainstay of the Crimson defense as well as a powerful offensive factor. J. G. Flint, hockey captain last year at Noble and Greenough, at goal, and L. Zerega...
...year. Following, as it did, directly on the great war, there were conditions to be met and problems to be solved which had never been confronted before. Prices and wages both soared-to the advantage of some; to the detriment of others. Those who were most prosperous during the past year were the producing class, the heads of great industries. These men reaped enormous profits, charging practically any price for their goods that they close, in spite of the fact that they had to pay out great wages. The wage earners constituted the second group that benefited financially last year...
...opponent. The value of such an exposition is great. It has ever been the aim of Americans to further the broadening of national thought by breaking down the barriers of provincialism. The New Year's Day game proved conclusively the solidifying effect that intercollegiate athletics have had in the past upon the members of colleges situated on either coast of the continent. Behind the Harvard team stood the hearty support of all her Eastern rivals. Forgetting their personal ambitions they rallied and stood as one in wishing the eleven well in their conflict with the common opponent-the West...