Word: choses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...number of these who will go into business is the lowest this year in the history of the bureau. In 1921 there were approximately 50 per cent of the graduating students going into business, but since then its popularity has steadily declined until this year only 30.27 percent chose a business career. Coming to second place from third of last year medicine increased from 13 to 16.6 percent of the number of students listed Dropping from 19 to 15 per cent law slipped into third place this year, followed by education with 10 per cent. The fields of engineering, research...
...League of Aviators pronounced Dieudonne Coste the world's outstanding airman of 1930. To him for the second year went the Harmon award of 50.000 francs. The awards committee had deliberated long over the name of Coste and Wing-Commander Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, both transatlantic flyers. They chose Coste, they said, because he already held five world records. Other kudos: Frank Monroe Hawks, best U. S. flyer, for his transcontinental speed flights; Amy ("Johnnie") Johnson, best woman flyer, for her London-Australia solo flight; Dr. Hugo Eckener, world's best dirigible pilot. None but Coste...
...desk, because he scorns cheap workmanship and any form of self-exploitation, much of his music is comparatively unknown. Last week in Boston Sergei Koussevitzky conducted his Canticum Fratis Solis in addition to the Pagan Poem. Fortnight ago when the Cleveland Orchestra dedicated its new hall Conductor Nikolai Sokoloff chose Composer Loeffler to write the special Evocation and Composer Loeffler took one of his rare trips out of retirement to attend its performance...
...much closer than the unhallowed members of the Church. Hence the men at Philadelphia - led by that persistent foe of Bishop William Thomas Manning, Dr. Alexander Griswold Cummins, editor of the Chronicle - in demanding the electoral recall of bishops dis pleasing to the priests and laymen who chose them, demand something that is uncanonical, almost heretical...
...last December), would be stepped up to direct Armour destinies in the new era. But after five stormy hours they did not elect P. D. III to be president. Instead they invented and offered him the title of "Vice Chairman of the Board," which he declined. For president they chose Thomas George Lee, a hard-headed executive of 52 (15 years older than P. D. III) who started as a stenographer in the beef department. Nearest to a reason given was: "They wanted a man in the operating end." Chicago's deduction and comment: "They were not afraid...