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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...course, even if none of these secondary effects were produced, the mere fact of having a regular Western contingent in college, and a very select group at that, helps against too great provincialism. Also, in spite of the probably correct opinion of the scholars that Harvard is not yet a National Institution, they agree that they "get a lot out of it", and enjoy it besides. These goods are directly and immediately produced by the new scholarship policy. But without the indirect effects of advertisement, the good to Harvard as an institution ends with the influence on twenty scholars...
...wish to say that I am not the John Spargo, the Socialist, as reported in your magazine. ... I shall appreciate it if you will be kind enough to correct the error in a subsequent issue...
...manufacture of blades from special alloys to the study of actual shaving conditions by means of a shaving "clinic," organized among the Fellows of Mellon Institute. The findings are soon to be published in full. . . . According to these results the shaving problems of different individuals vary in character, but correct technics benefit all shavers. These include the taking of sufficient time for facial preparation before shaving (two minutes is the minimum time . . . ); shaving with a slanting stroke as far as possible; mixing of a little soap with latherless cream if the latter is the medium preferred by the shaver; shaving...
Fortnight ago an obscure 8-year-old named Winslow proved Expert Jones correct. Apparently unaware that a heavy rain had fallen the night before, the aged gelding romped over the rubbery, cushioned surface to set a new track record (2:04 3/5) over the 1¼ mile course. Astonished horsemen believe that this discovery, applied to other courses, may well lop off several seconds from existing records, will at least remove the bane of all racing men, a slow, wet track...
Harvard House parties are simply divine, as most of you people know. There are absolutely no restrictions on those boys, or their girls either, for that matter; and some of the experiences I have had on Harvard House parties, with or without clothes--I mean correct clothes, of course, you silly-would make a very interesting story...