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...Cambridge. The bronze bust will be unveiled in the court-yard of Eliot House in the afternoon. It will be presented in a speech by Bliss Perry, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, Emeritus, to whom Roger B. Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science will respond in an acceptance address. The unveiling will be officially performed by Charles W. Eliot, III, great-grandson of the president, now four years old. Admission to this ceremony will be by ticket, and will be limited to members of the association, invited guests, and the press...
...upon the watch tower of civilization, conning the ominous signs of the times, shall hear rung out the challenge: 'Watchman. what of the night?' Angels grant that, true to the lessons of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, our friendship with all nations and alliances with none, we may respond 'Thank God, all is well...
...York City's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia began his official morning one day last week by whizzing down to his office in a police radio car in 17 minutes, just to see how well his police could respond to an emergency call.* He began his next morning by jogging up to Albany on a train to see how well he himself could settle another more serious emergency. The balancing of the city budget moved him to say, before leaving: "The humble Mayor of New York, a city of 7,000,000, is crawling up hat in hand...
...professional hockey games Ottawa and Winnipeg crowds respond to scientific team-play. In Manhattan clever work by visitors often wins great applause. Detroit and Chicago spectators are prone to throw eggs when matters displease them. But nowhere is sheer roughness on the ice a greater drawing card than in bloodthirsty Boston. There one night last week fans got more than their money's worth when the Toronto Maple Leafs trounced the Boston Bruins...
Gradually, however, as commodity prices failed to respond to the New Deal's magic wand, the President's monetary policy veered away from "hard money" toward depreciation of the dollar. That fitted better with Mr. Morgenthau's ideas. The elder Morgenthau, who made his millions in Bronx real estate, could probably afford to face inflation without undue anxiety, but Son Henry has long been known as more or less economically heterodox by training. Last week when the President made Henry Morgenthau Jr. not only Undersecretary but at the same time acting Secretary of the Treasury...