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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next to the Big Board and the Curb the leading U. S. stockmarket is the Boston Stock Exchange, a large part of whose volume is made up of trading in standard stocks with a State Street flavor. The Chicago Stock Exchange ranks fourth, the San Francisco Stock Exchange fifth. Smallest registered market is the New York Real Estate Securities Exchange, where, during the depth of Depression, days would pass without a single sale. Typical little stockmarkets are the following...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Little Markets | 6/1/1936 | See Source »

...Field of German, because of its narrow appeal, is one of the smallest Departments in the College. Yet if a man desires to learn German and German Literature and is willing to devote his main energies to study, he will not find the field lacking in worthwhile and enjoyable material. It is not a snap course, however, and takes rather more time than some fields...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 5/5/1936 | See Source »

With only 23 concentrators, Music is one of the smallest fields in the College. It is the avowed intention of the Department to supply a broad musical background in history, forms, and appreciation, and it does not attempt to teach applied music (technique if an instrument or the voice) which would be required by a composer or a musician. It is very different from the Yale School of Music which is a separate unit and supplies a training similar to a conservatory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fields of Concentration | 4/29/1936 | See Source »

...Kentucky Colonel. Her offices are not limited to the U. S. She is president of the Chum's Club of Scotland (400,000) and of the Kiddies Club of England. The 165,000 moppet members of the latter swear to imitate her character, conduct and manners. Possibly the smallest of her international titles is that of mascot to the Chilean Navy. President Arturo Alessandri, an admirer, conferred this dignity on her, together with a special uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peewee's Progress | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

...largest single diploma in the archives belonged to James Bowdoin of the class of 1771, later governor of the Commonwealth, and measures 24 by 13 inches. Contrasted to the is the smallest, 11 by 5 1/2 inches, which is also the oldest one in the collection, having been presented to George Alcock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tercentenary Column | 3/18/1936 | See Source »

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