Word: franked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Since attempts to force left-handers to use their right hands and inversionists to write normally frequently cause emotional disturbances, Frank's teachers have made no effort to change his natural style. Unusually bright for an inversionist, Frank has an average I. Q., is a B student, is rated "Excellent" in drawing, is two terms ahead of average pupils in spelling (although inversionists as a rule are bad spellers...
Psychiatrists at Chicago's Institute of Juvenile Research watched Frank Balek's performance, offered no explanation. When his eyes were tested, no visual defect was found to account for his peculiarity. Today Frank's principal, William R. Bowlin, is on the lookout for signs of inverted sight in other pupils to catch slight tendencies in that direction that can be corrected. He stands behind a child, calls him unexpectedly. If the child turns his head to the left rather than to the right to see the principal, it is considered a sign of inversionist tendencies...
...Frank Harding published a Cake Walk version of I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls, from Balfe's opera, The Bohemian Girl. The skies did not fall, but ever since then it has been good publicity: 1) to jazz a well-known classic or dead-serious folksong, 2) to goad a few naive busybodies into protest, 3) to pretend that the incident is splitting the world of music into two opposing camps of foamy-lipped zealots...
Down at New Haven Head Coach Ed Leader sent his Blue oarsmen to the harbor from the tanks in the Payne Whitney gymnasium about two weeks before the Crimson moved out to the Charles. He has an exceptionally large, promising group, including such veterans as Charley Adsit, Frank Geer, Howard Johnson, and Paul Wick. For several weeks he had available for tank rowing 22 eights...
...carry the major portion of the hurling burden this spring. Slim Curtise, who pitched a surprise 4-1 victory over Dartmouth and played a major role in the late-season Crimson wins, is rated as the number two pitcher. Don Prouty, Tom Healey, Yardling twlrier a year ago, Frank Foley, and Lefty Edinberg, Jayvee pitcher, are others who may see considerable action for the Mitchellmen...