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...requirement of a survey of a large field, with a view toward selecting a small portion of that field for highly specialized work in Senior year. A written examination at the end of Junior year closes the consideration of perhaps five hundred years of history, and leaves the candidate free for leisurely work on a subject of his own choice, untroubled by the spectre of divisionals just before graduation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR DIVISIONALS | 2/6/1929 | See Source »

...side, or he whom the first news article immortalizes as the Vagabond King, on the other. But that is comparatively simple, even the first group man is slave to the academic machine; but he who puts his finger on a weak spot in the works may be forever free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EX MACHINA | 2/5/1929 | See Source »

Heflin, Klu Klux Klan, free silver, William Jennings Bryan, prohibition, woman suffrage, McNary-Haugen farm relief may all be classed as attempts at reform. They have shared in common: lofty purpose, great zeal, and not a little oratory. Senator Oscar W. Underwood was opposed to each and every one of them. He saw something dangerous in them all. He felt that their purposes were not worth their methods. He was a complete Jeffersonian, and a quiet one at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Death of Underwood | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...THANKFUL. Free advice to Motorists and Aviators. Stop swearing. Stop wasting petrol. Stop murdering batteries and bruising knuckles. Start your engines the recognized correct way with the KIGASS PETROL MIST INJECTOR. Descriptive Brochure free.? KIGASS, 120, Great Portland-street, W.I. Fit and be thankful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: England's Agony | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

...Sled. Of the various Sea Sleds (made by the Sea Sled Corp., Manhattan), Model 18 attracted the most attention. With their square bows and inverted-V bottoms,* the Sea Sleds keep their noses well out of the water, keep their passen gers free from flying spray. Model 18 is equipped with a demountable sliding cabin - a one-man top arrangement designed to combine the advantages of an open and of a cabin boat. It is equipped with toilet and kitchenette and, says its catalog description...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Motor Boats | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

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