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...Peter Fleming gave up a good job as literary editor of London's weekly Spectator when he saw a notice in the Times's "agony column" about a forthcoming expedition to central Brazil for which he volunteered and was accepted. Avowed purpose of the expedition was to ascertain the mysterious fate of Colonel Fawcett, British explorer lost in the Matto Grosso with two other men in 1925. Leader of the party was one Major "George Lewy Pingle" (Fleming does not give his right name), U. S. resident of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and reputedly an experienced explorer. Fleming...
Since Edmund A. Mays, Jr. '32, Secretary of the Union Committee could not be reached last night it was impossible to ascertain how the Committee felt about this latest demonstration of Freshmen feeling because those of the Committee who were reached said that no discussion of the question had been held...
...This letter is neither to condemn nor to condone. Rather it is an inquiry lo ascertain if you can furnish me with the address of the maid-of-honor. That's all I want right...
Concerning the package store, both Senator Putnam and Representative Dever did not believe that it should be kept away from the neighborhood of the University. "The proprietor should not neglect to ascertain the age of his customer," explained Mr. Dever. "It is like selling 'dirty' books; the storekeeper has his conscience for his judge as to whether he should make the sale or not. He must remember the responsibility that is put into his hands, and also that his license can be immediately revoked if he breaks...
Investigations have been under way to ascertain if these faults in the setting of the brick, and the floors may be laid to the contractors or to some defective materials which they used. So far, no conclusive evidence has been received which would in any way determine the cause of the present trouble. Whether it was undue economy, on the part of the University in an effort to construct the houses and other buildings as cheaply as possible or whether the Houses were a victim of the boom year construction so frequently found in work of that period when buildings...