Word: corrections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME still stands correct as usual...
There are, however, so many errors made in the display of the U. S. flag that a great benefit would be conferred upon your readers if TIME would devote a column or so to Correct Usage in the Display of the National Flag under all ordinary circumstances. The problem is especially puzzling if it is a question of hanging the flag on a cord stretched across a city street, but even this is, I believe, provided for by custom if not by regulation...
...schools of specialization turning out standardized products. The College does, or should, put into the world men with a well-rounded knowledge of one subject and broadened by a liberal acquaintance with others. The ultimate value of their education is as much an ability to view their profession in correct relation to their lives as it is to be a success in that profession. Despite Dean Berry's criticism, the university still has a place in the world of education as long as it believes that the theory of knowing everything about something as well as something about everything...
...Shavian keenness and wit to make it one of the high spots of the play. It is in the part of the renovated Eliza displaying her new culture at tea that Miss Inescort retrieves her ostentatious display of vocal strength of the previous acts. Her highly phonetic and correct, "Not bloody likely" brings the act to a chaotic close...
...problem in astronomy is how to make bigger and better mirrors for the telescopes. Glass, which has long been used for the smaller mirrors, is almost out of the question for a really large project. The reason for this is that the surface curvature of these reflectors must be correct down to a fraction somewhere between a quarter to a half millionth of an inch...