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...committee made the Colored turn his head this way and that, so they might examine his skull. They ran a comb through his hair to test 1) its woolliness and 2) its kinkiness. Eight minutes later, the young man was declared a native. A few days before, the same board had classified his brother as a Colored...
...Pear. In determining a child's readiness to read, the teacher must make sure not only of his eye, but also of his ear. Thus, the pupil may be given a series of pictures and asked to circle the object that the teacher names. If he mistakes a comb for a cone or a bear for a pear, he is obviously on his way to mistaking "institute for "introduce." In another series of pictures, the teacher may try to put across certain abstract concepts. A pupil will be asked to draw a ball beside, under or above another object...
...tenth anniversary ceremonies (June 20), or arrives five days later at Parmachenee Lake in Maine to catch some salmon and trout, teams of Secret Service men from the 35-man White House Detail will fan out to anticipate every danger. Back in Washington, other agents will comb the central files for names and photographs of crackpots and suspicious characters in the areas that Ike will visit...
Despite such restrictions, the winter leagues manage to comb the majors for all the talent they can get. This month, as the southern season got under way, a traveling ball fan could recognize familiar names. The Yankees' Willie Miranda and the Senators' Con Marrero were playing for Cuba's Almendares. The White Sox's Chico Carrasquel was in Caracas. In Santurce, P.R., fans were being treated to the antics of the Giants' incomparable Willie Mays...
...effort to ease the minds of the anxious, Crimeds intend to comb the College for translations of the texts. Entries should be turned in at the CRIMSON building at 14 Plympton St., in envelopes marked "Lampoon Parody...