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...soon to propose an economic settlement of the most gigantic financial problem of the ages are Charles G. Dawes and the Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna...
...These final measures are the ransom France must pay for a policy in the Ruhr which has prevented any settlement of the reparations problem. They are a confession of failure. It was the Ruhr occupation which caused depreciation of the franc; if the franc improves it will not be thanks to the measures now being voted but to the work of the experts and consequent abandonment of the policy which France inaugurated 14 months...
That very night comes the crash. His brother Philip has been speculating with embezzled funds. He puts this information in the hands of Gulian, then shoots himself. Gulian is left with the nasty problem of saving the family name...
...nasty problem, it is also the salvation of Gulian. His father is too old, so he must take charge of the situation. With rare skill he keeps the disgrace from coming into the open. He frees Drusilla from Perry, leaves her disengaged for Vannya. And he himself marries Lael...
...suggests in brief that "the first place for attacking the problem of reconstructing college education is in the secondary schools"; and he cogently argues that "American colleges today are greatly hampered by the uncertain nature of the student's preparation, so that they are not free to create a really academic college education built on dependable preparation in essential subjects...