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...duty of the consular Service is to protect the interests of the Government in foreign countries and to extend and protect American trade. It differs in its scope from the Diplomatic service, which is the medium for the conduct of international affairs, but, as a result of its close relation to the various government departments, offers a valuable opportunity for the study of foreign customs, international, maritime, and commercial laws, political and commercial geography, and other subjects of diplomatic interest...
Formed in 1897 at Indianapolis by twenty-three graduates called together by Mr. G. B. Leighton '88 the association has grown year by year in both size and scope and has served especially to connect the University more closely with the West and Middle West. Meetings have been held heretofore at all the larger cities west of New England and including New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Detroit, but this year will mark the first attempt to bring the meeting back to the site of the University...
...coming to New York in 1912, the association took its greatest step in transferring its scope from the west and more especially the Middle West to the entire nation, and now the Associated Harvard Clubs has grown to comprise considerably more than a hundred clubs in the United States, in Canada, in Europe and in the Far East...
...very vagueness is proof of the fact that the problems of various institutions differ greatly; that a definite solution can not be reached by unified action. General meetings of college presidents or undergraduate representatives crystallize opinion; beyond that little is accomplished. The ultimate goal is a reform, national in scope, which will be brought about only by measures adopted by individual institutions to meet their particular problems...
...effect of the coal strike since April 1 has not materially affected business conditions, although it has been felt in the iron and steel market and coke prices have increased sharply. It is not within the scope of scientific economic research to forecast the probable duration of this contest, but a prolonged tie-up in coal-production would undoubtedly, have a serious effect on business improvement...