Word: bostonianism
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...opinion of the girls' Bostonian Principal Abby Sutherland, 64, the drill is given to "cultivate poise, grace, better posture," to inculcate "cooperation, coordination, leadership, and loss of self-consciousness ... a very democratic thing, you know." Calculated to cultivate a more essential poise is Ogontz' popular course on babies, held in "Lares," a completely furnished model home. Each fall, the girls study, coddle and raise a two-month-old foundling until Easter, when it goes back to its mother or foster parent. Last year's baby was Betty Jones, whom the girls dubbed "Betty Jogontz...
...picture is fast-moving light comedy with no weak characters to slow the pace. Roland Young brings horn-rimmed Caspar Milquetoast to life as he meekly submits to buxom Bostonian Ethel Marder--who acts a fluttery matron of social parts. And the inevitable fish-eyed English butler, Arthur Treacher, chills the drinks with a glance. The technicolor charity ball approaches the photography of GWTW; versatile Anna Neagle, who dances, sings, and acts with equal ability, sets a high mark for other screen beauties to aim at. This movie is a guaranteed cure for blue book blues...
...rubbed his hands over this report was a tall young Bostonian named Melvin Maynard Johnson Jr. Captain (Marine Corps Reserve) Johnson wants the Army to buy a semi-automatic rifle which he has designed. The Army has tested the Johnson rifle, says the Garand is better, has not published enough comparative data to prove or disprove its statement. "Ideal for combat and for battlefield firing," Major General Walter C. Short called the Garand last week, reporting its performance in Army maneuvers. Expert Ness rates the Johnson far above the Garand...
Till last week, white-haired, pink-cheeked Porter Sargent was widely and amiably known as a rich, eccentric Bostonian who publishes the Handbook of Private Schools, whose salty annual prefaces on world affairs amuse many. Last week Mr. Sargent jumped right out of his scholastic skin. Reverting to Revolutionary New England form, Mr. Sargent attempted to flay the hide off British propaganda. If the U. S. people get into World War II, nobody can say that Porter Sargent did not warn them...
Spriest of all financial oldsters is a testy, box-jawed Bostonian named Frederick Henry Prince, who is, among other things, the money behind Chicago's smelly Stock Yard and the Board Chairman of Armour & Co. Last week two big newspapers, the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune, carried a story about Financier Prince: that in view of his approaching (Nov. 24) 80th birthday, he would not stand for reelection to the chairmanship of Armour. The explanation given, that a younger man would be able to devote more time to the company's management, was plausible enough, since...