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Most elaborate diplomas in the U. S. today are those of the U. S. Naval and Military Academies. Annapolis' shows "Davy Jones' Locker'' (see cut, p. 59). West Point's has pictures of soldiers, drums, cannon, a suit of armor. As a general thing, however, the more important the school, the smaller and simpler the diploma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Diploma Business | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Although the blast of warm air and rain which swept over New England on Wednesday has left in its wake skiing conditions which are predominantly poor, several centers, including Cannon Mt., Pinkham Notch, Waterville Valley, and Stowe, Vt., report fair conditions with a dusting of new snow over a breakable crust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Conditions | 2/17/1939 | See Source »

Skiing Snow in. Bartlett, N.H. Fair Good 21 Powder Brookline, N.H. N.H. Fair Good 14 Powder Cansan, N.H. Fair Good 19 14 over 5 unb. cr. Cannon Mt. (Tramway) N.H. Fair Good 67 5 inch new powder Conway, N.H. Fair Good 18 Powder Dartmouth Region, N.H. Cloudy Good 15 4 New Powder Franconia Notch, N.H. Fair Good 48 5 inch new powder Fryeburg, N.H. Fair Good 23 Dry Powder Greenfield, N.H. Fair Good 12 4 inch powder Intervale, N.H. Fair Good 19 Powder Jackson, N.H. Fair Good 20 Powder Laconia (Gilford) N.H. Fair Good 21 4 Dry over powder Lancaster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIING CONDITIONS | 2/10/1939 | See Source »

...outbreak of the World War, Britain found that thousands of her skilled workers had flocked to the army, leaving raw youngsters to work the vital industries at home. Before the next war, Britain is determined to separate the cannon fodder from the needed workers. Out of a working population of 15,000,000 some 7,000,000 were listed by the Government as employed in "essential" jobs, exempt from voluntary defense duties, and, by implication, from draft. These included some whose possible wartime duties puzzled many Britons: floorwalkers, bulb growers, bookstall attendants, piano polishers, paper hangers, trade-union officials, executives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Defiance, Deference, Defense | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Skiing Snow in. Bartlett, N.H. Cloudy Good 13 Powder Canaan, N.H. Cloudy Fair 7 Cannon Mt. (Tramway) N.H. Snowing Good 46 New powder Conway, N.H. Cloudy Fair 13 Powder Dartmouth Region, N.H. Snowing Good 5 Franconia Notch, N.H. Snowing Good 29 New powder Fryeburg, Mc. Cloudy Good 13 7 in. powder Greenfield, Mass. Fair Fair Light snow Intervale, N.H. Cloudy Good 14 in. powder Jackson, N.H. Cloudy Good 14 in. powder Laconia (Gilford) N.H. Cloudy Fair 4 to 13 in. in trails Lancaster, N.H. Cloudy Good 12 5 in. dry over crust Lincoln, N.H. Snowing Good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIING CONDITIONS | 1/27/1939 | See Source »

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