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...doubt what a change was wrought in the ancient world by the use of metals. The improvement of transportation by land and water enlarged trade, and trade brought intercourse with its new relation its enlarged horizon and its temptations to a foreign conquest, until the sailing ship and the mariner's compass opened the whole world to the people of Europe. It has been pointed out that the invention of firearms and especially of cannon destroyed the feudal organization of society, because the baron's castle was not longer a refuge difficult to capture. The extent to which the recent...
Announcement that Mr. Harding would be unable to carry out his plans was made following a conference at the White House yesterday morning between the President and Senator Henry Cbaot Lodge '71. The measures which are particularly holding the President's attention include the general tariff, the ship subsidy and the adjusted compensation for World War veterans...
Besides approving several manager ship appointments, the Student Council at its meeting last evening authorized a University contribution to the fund for rebuilding the Louvain Library. C. D. Whidden '23 was appointed chairman of the committee to take charge of the work. The council also approved the petition to grant a basketball letter to D. F. Egan...
...following program will be presented at the "Pops" concert tonight at 8.15 o'clock in Symphony Hall: "Royal Tambour et Vivandiere" from "Bal Costume", Rubinstein Prelude, Rachmanlnoff Spanish Dance, "Panaderos", Giazounoff Fantasia, "Eugen Onegin", Tschalkowsky Finale, "Schehrazade", Rimsky-Korsakoff Festival at Bagdad, The Sea, The Ship goes to pieces on a rock surmounted by a Bronze Warrior, Conclusion. Reverie, Scriabin Hopak from "The Fair of Scrotchinsk" Moussorgsky "Ouverture Solennelle, 1812" (with organ), Tschaikowsky Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor", Borodin Folk Songs, Arranged by Agide Jacchia a. Volga Bargemen's Song b. Dubinushka Marche Slave, Tschaikowsky
...ship is to the sea--which covers 73 per cent of the earth's surface--what the steamboat is to canal and river, the truck and automobile to the highways. It is the means of transporting freight and passengers from place to place; and just as Americans own and operate the agencies of transportation on their interior waters, highways, and railroads, so should they own and operate enough ships to carry their commerce on the seas...