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...wish it were a half course; but if you throw together a good thesis and make out a fat bunch of reading cards you'll get a good grade. Anyhow, you can't just ignore Babbitt: either you've got to throw the baby out with the bathtub, or get away with him and be cleansed of all Romanticism, or, if you're really wise, you'll wash away his prejudices and persiflage and get to the main body underneath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thirty-three Courses Open to Upperclassmen Reviewed In Third Installment of Crimson Confidential Guide | 9/28/1931 | See Source »

...disease would be fatal he deeded to Humbert a $95,000 estate. He recovered, planned to take Humbert to England to claim the property. Last week Humbert was found in the cottage on Lovers' Lane with his skull crushed in. Next day police found Chapman dead in a bathtub in a Boston hotel. Beside him were six empty veronal bottles. In his hand was a photograph of Humbert. On it was written: "My pal, Teddy. Killed in a fatal accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Coney | 9/21/1931 | See Source »

...strongly suspect Secretary Stimson of borrowing his "bathtub" analogy- from Secretary Mellon's experience with the bathtubs of the old Bull Hotel in Cambridge, England. I recently stayed there and largely failed to solve the intricacies of the 18-inch brass and rubber stoppers with the thumb screw attachment in the same three tubs which Mr. Mellon used, and of which the Dull Hotel is justly proud (TIME, Aug. 3). There seems to be no way to manipulate to prevent a slow but steady drain. But the Hull Hotel is one of the best and most comfortable hotels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 7, 1931 | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

...Pearson contributed nothing to TIME. His remarks as President of the National Association of Audubon Societies were simply reported as news. *Last month in London, discussing Germany's credit crisis, Secretary Stimson said: "The situation we are faced with is something like a bathtub. The stopper has been out and the water has been running out rapidly. It is necessary first to put the plug back in the hole. Then it is necessary to examine what water is left and to see if it is sufficient for the purposes at may be hand. If it necessary is, to well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 7, 1931 | 9/7/1931 | See Source »

...news of a real bathtub situation, involving Secretary Mellon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Quickly Done | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

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