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Physiologists S. W. Britton and R. F. Kline used to sit in their laboratory at the University of Virginia and wonder why the sloth is so slothful. As good Darwinians they realized that the basic reason for the slothfulness of the sloth is that he is beautifully adapted to his environment. He hides from his enemies instead of fleeing; being a vegetarian, he does not have to chase his food. But other animals have been known to alter their innate behavior because of outside influences.* Why not the sloth...
...Cleveland, on his 60th wedding anniversary, William W. Britton, 78, recalled that before his marriage: "I used to pass Sarah's house every day on the railroad. She lived one block from the tracks and I could hop off the front of the freight train, sprint that block, snatch a kiss and then catch the rear end of the train. Used to do it all the time but I had to move fast. I met Sarah at a train wreck. I crawled out from underneath a pile of tank cars and saw her when she walked down to look...
...Field Judge--S. S. Spellman. Time--Four 12 minute periods. HARVARD DARTMOUTH Williams, g. g., Haley Brodley, r.f. r.f., Bagg Sheridan, l.f. l.f., MacDonald Brown, r.h. r.h., Hess Lewis, c.h. (Jacobson) c.h., Treadway Phillips, l.h. l.h., seeley Witkin, r.o. (Macneil) r.o., Balley Roosevelt, r.i. r.i., Daley Johanson, c. c., Britton Hammond, l.i. (Johnson) l.i., Salom Sinnott, l.o. (Manning) l.o. Ward...
Being an ex-railroad man and familiar with the accuracy of TIME, also LETTERS, the writer had a chill of fear for the safety of the Presidential party on their recent cross-country jaunt. In the picture of Engineer Britton looking [TIME, Oct. 7] straight ahead with keen eye and steady hand on the throttle lever, it appears very much as though the reversing gear is set to send the locomotive and its burden in the opposite direction, quite a dangerous practice on any railroad...
...Wrongly identified by TIME as Engineer Britton, who took charge later in the trip...