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Enough Wheat. Head of B. A. A. S. for 1930 was dignified Frederick Orpen Bower, 74, Regius professor of botany in the University of Glasgow. Contrary to the custom of B. A. A. S. presidents whose addresses usually last long enough to sum up the entire scientific field, Professor Bower limited his inaugural address to a review of the last 30 years' work in botany. Sir William Crookes (radiometer, Crookes' tube) told a meeting of the British Scientific Association in 1898 that, taking into consideration acre yield and population growth, wheat would be scarce enough in 30 years...
...often unappreciated, which the crooner bears for the object of his or her devotion. Such a song Ivy Stevens (Mayo Methot) sang for Howard Palmer (Reed Brown Jr.), women's wear drummer, one July night at a flashy roadhouse on the outskirts of Cincinnati. Howard was sitting behind a bower of chemically pink paper roses so Ivy did not see when he left, but she got the note he scribbled on the back of a menu saying that although they had been very happy together he was going to marry his boss's daughter...
...Moines. Iowa. Honorable mention went to Gerald Wallace Harrington '30, of Mattapoisett; Haig Gregory Abdian '30, of Arlington; and Dwight Irving Cooke, Jr. '31, of Detroit, Michigan. These men will receive Coolidge Debating Medals for speakers. Other men who have also won these medals are: Robert Bower Eckles '32, of York Nebraska: Paul Cashman Reardon '32, of Quiney: and James Mack Swigert...
...Robert Bower Eckles '32, of York, Nebraska, was the winner of the medal in the Pasteur Debate finals held last evening in Fogg Museum. Honorable mention went to Paul Cashman Reardon '32, of Quincy...
Score--Harvard 11. Danvers 4. Goals--Gerry 6; Nicholas 2; Castle 2; Cooke--Gerry 6; Nicholas 2; Castle 2; Cooke; Newbegin; Arthur Mason., Jr. 2; Bower Referee--Captain F. D. Sharp...