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...Author. As a small boy in the late 1890's Lloyd Lewis heard many a tall tale from Indiana veterans about "Uncle Billy" Sherman. Schoolroom texts, newspaper work, ad-writing failed to dampen his curiosity. Three and one-half years ago he set to in earnest: interviewed Sherman relatives, tracked Sherman's movements, read masses of unpublished letters. His readable, scholarly biography is the December choice of the Book-of-the-Month Club. Author Lewis, now dramatic critic of the Chicago Daily News, has also written Myths after Lincoln, Chicago: A History of Its Reputation (with Henry Justin...
Teaching, however, is an intensely personal matter; it depends on the personality of the instructor and on the depth of his appreciation of his subject. No amount of theorizing can make a good teacher of a man not adapted for his job, while an excessive amount of it may dampen the originality and enthusiasm of a person with a genuine interest in his material. Furthermore, attention to the method, at the expense of the substance of teaching is much like giving courses in expression, as do some mid-western colleges, to students who have nothing to express. True education...
...heat the nave. The exhaust fan in the tower will be used for ventilation purposes in warm weather, when cool air will be distributed through the building by another system of pipes. All the heating and ventilating pipes are being covered by a special sound-proof material, to dampen any possible noise resulting from the fans...
...election was still 363 days off, in which time the whole political scene can and may change. Two major things may occur to improve President Hoover's chances of success: i) a turn for the better in the economic tide, with rising prices and increased trade, which would substantially dampen the "protest vote" now rampant; 2) Democratic blunders in managing the next House (see p. 12), followed by another Wet & Dry schism after the Democratic nomination...
Such reports did not dampen Mr. Cord's enthusiasm. Said he: "There has been no supporting group in this stock to my knowledge since last July. The whole activity ... is the result of what our company has been doing in the way of production. . . . Our schedule has been increased to 19,900 cars up to May i." In all 1930, only 13,000 Auburns were made. For 1931, 40,000 are predicted by Mr. Cord...