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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While it is true that a certain amount of natural decomposition is hard to prevent, it is a well-known fact that such poisonous chemicals as lead arsenate and sulphur dioxide are widely used to preserve fruits, the former to protect apples from the ravages of insects, and the latter in the drying of certain fruits such as apricots and plums. Meat is also treated chemically to preserve its red color. Many may applaud these modern methods of saving money employed by producers and middlemen, and may marvel at the wonders of modern science, but no one would think...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A BALANCED DIET" | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

...gotten to home plate, you'll find thousands of others who have gotten just as far. If you sell 3,000 copies of your first book, you're doing well. My first manuscript was turned down by eight publishers, quite justly too, and didn't sell half that amount. There is no set formula for success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adventurer Halliburton Bewails His Sanity as Barrier to True Eminence | 12/6/1937 | See Source »

...committee of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. '88, chairman, C. Lee Burwell '89 and F. Austin Harding, Jr. '89 will consider the mermen's case and the amount of its student support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT COUNCIL NAMES MERCER AS '41 AFFAIRS AIDE | 12/3/1937 | See Source »

...whole. If the University grants a further wage increase, it is almost axiomatic that the student board rate will rise accordingly--perhaps to the extent of an extra fifty cents a week, were the wage scale raised, for instance, to eighteen dollars for waitresses. With a relatively insignificant amount of surplus profit to spend freely, Harvard has no other alternative than to throw a heavier burden upon student shoulders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNION IN HARVARD | 12/3/1937 | See Source »

...course it is much too early to make any predictions as to where this year's outfit will finish. But on paper, at least, the prospects are bright. The squad has an abundance of material. With the right amount of breaks, it should do as well as last year's team. But with a schedule of at least fourteen games, any hockey team, no matter how good it might be, is fortunate to get through a season without more than one defeat. To expect an undefeated season, above all, would be foolhardy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROSPECTS BRIGHT AS HOCKEY SEASON NEARS | 12/2/1937 | See Source »

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