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...good talk about things philatel. Says the King: " Too bad you beat me at the auction the other day for that stamp." " Dear, dear," says Mr. Hind, " I had no idea I was bidding against Your Majesty. Will Your Majesty graciously accept it as a gift in token,-etc." " Couldn't think of it," ejaculated King George, " but I'll swap...
Rabbi Joseph S. Kornfeld of Columbus, Ohio, United States Minister to Persia, was presented by the representatives of the Persian Jews with a silver plate inscribed with the Ten Commandments. The plate was given as a token of gratitude for Dr. Kronfeld's intervention on their behalf in anti-Semitic disorders of last year...
...market value of the Bible is no indicator of the efficacy of religion. The Bible has established itself so firmly as literature, that its sale would continue even if no one regarded it as the mouthpiece of religion. Furthermore, its practical advantages are manifold: it is a recognized token of respectability for household libraries; it is used, in certain "de luxe" editions, for family records of birth, marriage, and death: it is part of the paraphernalia of oaths in court, and it is issued wholesale by benevolent societies to grace the bureaus of hotel bedrooms and the cabins of vessels...
Nearly 100 track men crowded the Varsity Club last night to hear Mr. W. J. Bingham '16 make his last speech as head track coach. Mr. Bingham was given a silver cup presented by the track men of the University as a token of esteem for his work during the past few years...
...about it during the past few months. Really it is to the benefit of the C. M. T. C. to be represented as nothing more or less than it really is. By all means, give the C. M. T. C. its due and proper place but by the same token, that place does not require it to serve as a screen to hide congressional improvidence in military matters...