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...declare to you, it is the most precious moment of my public life, this in which I stand before the nations of the world and say to them, in the name of France, that she has placed upon the protocol her signature." Forty-seven states followed France's lead in signing the protocol; all of them had something high and idealistic...
Money continues easy, although call rates have risen to 2½%. Gold imports have almost ceased, precious metals being attracted to India for the time being. Foreign issues continue to be floated in Wall Street, and the German loan now seems only a few weeks...
...Newport, R. L, six leading amateurs played over T. Suffern Tailer's private Ocean Links in his private annual invitation tournament for his private prizes in precious metals. Big men were present but a little man won? D. Clark ("Duckie") Corkran, of Baltimore (amateur champion of Pa. and Md.). In a stiff wind, he journeyed steadily around the nine difficult holes eight times in 300 strokes. His prize was a mashie of gold. Jess Sweetser, 1922 National Champion, required 301 strokes and got a silver mashie. Champion Max Marston, 305, got nothing. Jess Guilford, 1921 National Champion, was handed...
This year the Vice Chancellor (real head of the Varsity), the white haired Doctors, the precious and everlasting Proctors (all-powerful and most hated of mortals) and the Heads of Houses (designated heads of colleges) put their heads together and cruelly crushed to death the old Delegacy for the Extension of Teaching. By a complex arrangement the Hebdomadal Council, Convocation and Congregation (executive and legislative bodies of the University) will appoint 14 members who will be styled the Delegacy for Extra-Mural Studies ?that is, academic instruction of adults carried on at various places outside of Oxford...
...Venetian palace, surrounded by rare, beautiful and very precious treasures of Art−a collection estimated second only to that of John Pierpont Morgan−Mrs. Jack Gardner of Boston died at the age of 85. Fenway Court is one of the most glorious monuments to American wealth. Its marble Renaissance doorway opens to the public a few days each year. Virtually all of the stones in the structure were brought from Venice. Around the central court are balconies brought from the Ca' d'Oro, the most beautiful Gothic palace on the Grand Canal. The pavement...