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...Johnson & Son (see cut) which is unlike any other in the world. A few miles from Racine, President Herbert Johnson has let Wright build him a house which lies along the prairie in four slim wings. A huge chimney with fireplaces on four sides is in the focal living room. At Bear Run, Pa., Wright has just finished his most beautiful job, "Fallingwater," a house cantilevered over a waterfall for Edgar Kaufmann of Pittsburgh...
...Alumni Placement Office is supplementary to these other facilities, and is a focal point for business placement of graduates especially from Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Science...
...midst of this gathering, obviously the focal point for polite cadet eyes, were two rather robust ladies who had apparently travelled from afar to see, not Harvard, but the cadets in action against Harvard. The larger of the two ladies had taken it upon herself to be a guide for all those within shouting distance, for, with a fine combination of emphasis and scorn, she pointed a finger at the gaunt bulk of Sever standing solemnly, patiently, in the background...
Meantime, the Algic case made a focal point of the "order and discipline" of the U. S. Merchant Marine. Chairman Kennedy last week revealed that his department had been deluged with complaints from travelers on U. S. ships. Samples: that stewards wake lone, pretty females with "Hi, Babe, get up . . . time for breakfast"; introduce male passengers to comely women aboard; address guests at breakfast, "Well, Buddy, what'll it be this morning"; even lay hands on young women in the corridors of ships. Of mutiny on the Algic, Chairman Kennedy remarked succintly, "I think it is scandalous...
Widener is by situation lord of the Yard and in theory the focal point of Harvard. It boasts many superlatives. It is the largest department of the University and one of the most expensive. Under its roof is gathered the most complete aggregation of pre-Mussolini Italian books, the best Milton, and the biggest film collection. Over 100 persons are involved in a system which can deliver any of several million books in time comparable to that of the Congressional Library or New York's Public Library. Alumni and visitors are awed by its murals, marble, and majesty...