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...favorite hobby is solving acrostic puzzles with his family. He also likes to read detective stories, fancies himself as a farmer. But John Dewey spends most of his time thinking. Father of six children (two died young and he adopted another), he early learned to concentrate on his work amidst domestic bustle. To his classes he lectured in a monotonous voice, made no rhetorical effort whatever to interest his audience. Once, after droning on to graduate students for three solid hours on the meaning of the word "this," he concluded: "I think this is a little clearer...
Another Laborite, George Griffith, called out: "Sack the lot!" Amidst more laughter Sir Edward said that Lord Macmillan, Minister of Information, recognized that "the situation requires investigation." Interrupting him, Socialist J. J. Davison shouted: "It requires evacuation!" The House cheered...
...walking along Heerengracht Canal, Amsterdam, fortnight ago, would have bothered to look twice at No. 412. Four stories high, of dull sandstone, the modest building had no name plate by its door. Nor was there anything spectacular inside, just 30 quiet employes working amidst a lot of papers...
Except that it was held amidst the distracting beauties of San Francisco, last week's 77th annual meeting of the National Education Association was a typical coldwater convention. Thanks to the delights of Treasure Island, the incidental joys of cable-cars, Chinatown and the city's justly-famed cool weather, few delegates even bothered to attend the meetings-though smart pressagentry managed to fill the Opera House for one series of dull speeches. As usual, the convention delivered itself of some earnest "Whereas-es" and "Be-it-resolveds"; this time they were in favor of democracy...
...evening of a House dance. In the Library, lights were low, the fire blazing, a radio softly cooing. Happy couples were resting from the ardors of the dance, enjoying the soothing half-darkness. Amidst it all sat the librarian at his desk, a stern, uncompromising figure, bending over a book, "It Can't Happen Here...