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...surprised that anyone sufficiently up-to-date as to be a reader of TIME should cherish such an anachronism as the bit in Miss Radway's letter...
...pioneer traders in the great cattle of the Orinoco, were both Adolf-Adolf Gobel and Adolf Wup-perman-Wupperman in the town of Angostura, Venezuela, and Adolf Gobel in New York, both building on a lasting foundation for the benefit of humanity. Now at this late date, Gobel sausages and Angostura are linked-sausage links, if you like it that...
Until last week the All-Union Soviet Congress was scheduled to meet next month and adopt a new Soviet Constitution (TIME, June 15). Abruptly this date was postponed to Nov. 25 and citizens throughout vast Russia were invited to send suggestions for improving the Constitution's draft text. As it stood temporarily last week, Russia's proposed new charter aimed to correct such abuses as the Soviet's present suppression of free speech and freedom of the press, spying upon citizens' mail and failure to provide either universal suffrage or secrecy of the ballot. Chairman...
Announcement came last night that the annual alumni contribution of the University for 1936 is, to date, approximately twice as large as that received last year. Although figures could not be obtained on the detailed progress of the University's Tercentenary money-raising program, it was judged from the announcement by Harvard Fund Headquarters in Wadsworth House that Tercentenary gifts were rolling in at double the rate of that of ordinary years. This fact is particularly note worthy is view of the fact that the solicitation of Seniors this year did not take place until April and June 6, instead...
Mother gorillas in equatorial Africa speak his name to hush their young. He has crossed Australia in the pouch of a kangaroo. He has followed the edge of the Gulf Stream in a rowboat to determine the exact date of spring. He has taught Ubangi women to play tiddlywinks on their platter lips. He owns an adjective factory in New Britain, Conn., whence he sallies forth each year, like a vernal Santa Claus, to scatter his sesquipedalian largess to thirstily gaping yokels. These and hundreds of such amiable Munchausenisms have been printed in the U. S. Press about Dexter William...