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Last week a new pair of ravens, Cora & Corax, the gift of a Welsh farmer, arrived at the Tower. With their wings clipped and their feathers preened, they will make their public debut this week...
...usual, the first order of business was finding the youngest and the oldest. Youngest: Orlando LeValley, 97, of Caro, Mich. Oldest: William Henry Osborn, 103, of Joplin, Mo. But National Secretary Cora Gillis wasn't sure: "Sometimes they change their age from year to year. Some years they want to be the oldest, some years the youngest...
...honest, polite, and able to take orders. "I don't want it understood that I've rejected the progressive philosophy," says Fred. "Much of it is sound, but I think there has been weakness in its application." When the school got a new swimming pool in 1934 Cora was 63 but she promptly learned how to swim, and took over the girls' swimming classes. Last week she was teaching some beginners the side stroke. Two years ago, Cora added a course in aeronautics, taught it herself...
...teachers under them are expected to keep up, too; Fred often gives them tests on current events. Last week, in evenings at home Cora read H. V. Kalten-born's / Broadcast the Crisis between snatches of Plato's Republic. Fred shoveled a foot of snow off the sidewalk and read a book about Russia...
...annual teachers' ball, Cora dances mostly with her husband, who is one of the sweetest waltzers in the copper country, and also tries jitterbiigging. They are patently in love with each other-and with their profession. Said Fred Jeffers last week: "It's a fine life...