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When he was 15, Arthur Flatto began buying stocks out of his allowance (first was U. S. Rubber). In 1929 he got into Western Union, at 240, later bought more. Russell Sage once said that only once in a lifetime did a man have the chance to enrich himself by buying Western Union below $50 a share, and when that chance came, Arthur Flatto took it and held on. Last week he held 1,350 shares of Western Union, selling...
...biographies and works of history published each year in the U. S. reach big audiences. But most of them contribute at least one nugget of enlightenment with which a discriminating reader can enrich his knowledge of the past. Last month three new works, too specialized to be very popular, made absorbing reading for amateur historians...
...carefully selected men there fellowships should provide an opportunity to develop their talents during a period of study. The presence of a small group of practical and experienced newspapermen in residence is sure to enrich the Harvard community. The plan is frankly experimental. The exact path of development cannot now be traced. Since no building is involved and no additions to our staff are required, the scheme is flexible and if found impractical can be modified or indeed abandoned in favor of some other project which may seem more promising. We are, however, embarking on this enterprise with high hopes...
...Federal Council of Churches, most sonorous mouthpiece of U. S. Protestantism, is fond of giving its constituent churches prayers, litanies, orders of worship, to enrich evangelical services, which are often stereotyped and colorless. Lately the Federal Council's Committee on Worship urged Evangelicals to observe the feasts of the Christian Year more fully, to try out a new season called Kingdom-tide (after Trinity Sunday), representing the concept of the Church in action. Last fortnight the Federal Council's Department of Race Relations issued a "prayer of penitence" for churches to employ when they feel conscious...
...gentlemen of the graduating class have made a beginning in attaining such a background. Will you continue to enrich it through earnest study as the years go on? Will you still turn for nourishment to the great art and literature which was never so freely accessible as to the seekers of today? You have at least some understanding of the distinction between a disciplined and an undisciplined insight. Is it your opinion that the former is worth the toil and labor it involves? Has your ambition been aroused to sharpen daily your own intellectual weapons? In short, are you going...