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...Kemmerer, professor of economics at Princeton, has returned to his work at that university after six months as president of a financial commission which was organized to straighten out economic conditions in the Republic of Colombia. This American commission, which was formed at the special request of Colombia, was instrumental in averting a financial panic which the minister of the treasury claimed to be "the most stupendous banking crisis which ever occurred in Colombia". Professor Kemmerer had under him on the commission several other noted economists, including Profesor F. R. Fairchild of Yale...
...been made to the above rule for the convenience of present members of the professional and graduate schools which are located outside of Cambridge. Such men, if they have applied for tickets before and have signature cards on file, may apply by mail. Blanks will be sent on written request. Men in these schools who have no signature cards on file must file such cards in person before blanks can be sent, Yale, Princeton, and Dartmouth men attending any of the Harvard schools must apply to their own college managements for the games with their institutions...
Settlement of the Tacna-Arica territorial dispute between Chile and Peru (which is to be submitted to the arbitration of the President of the U. S.), was postponed at the request of the Chilean Government...
...thin partitions of the Senate Office Building make such a consideration imperative. During the last Congress Senator Glass was obliged to telephone Senator Heflin in an adjoining office a request not to denounce him so loudly?he had heard it all and was tired...
...already been granted an annuity of $7,500 by the Canadian Government (TiME, July 9) ; the province of Ontario has appropriated $10,000 a year to found a department of research at Toronto, headed by Banting; during the present year he has done little else but attend, by special request, the leading medical and surgical meetings of America and Great Britain, receiving enthusiastic ovations at every turn. Many an older man might be forgiven if such adulation went to his head, but not so Banting, who remains the same modest young seeker after truth...