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...libraries, parks and recreation, rarity of extreme poverty, high proportion of home ownership, high proportion of youths over 16 in school, large per capita circulation of good magazines, widespread installation of gas and electricity, excess of doctors, nurses and teachers over male domestic servants. The resultant score he called GG-general goodness-not from the standpoint of sophistication or show, but from the standpoint of health and decency. Conceding that the good life is not the same for all men, Dr. Thorndike selected these criteria because he believed most men prefer to live in cities where babies' lives...
...Size of a city has nothing to do with its GG...
Refusing to make public the GG ratings of specific cities until completion of his study, Dr. Thorndike did say suburban cities as a class ranked highest. At the top from the standpoint of per capita income were the Newtons, Boston suburbs, followed by Hartford, Conn.; Easton, Pa., and Cambridge, Mass. At the bottom in income were Augusta, Ga.; Evansville, Ind.; Kansas City, Kans.; Bay City, Mich.; Joplin, Mo.; and Camden...
...generally agreed throughout the system that no one works harder on the B. & O. than President Willard. He gets up early, works late. Once he told Jim, porter of his office car, No. gg, to wake him at 5 a. m. As the dawn was breaking, the blackamoor felt a tug at his covers, looked up into "Uncle Dan's" smiling face. "Wake up, Jim," said President Willard. "It's 5 o'clock...
There is a good deal of confusion as to who has ridden on No. gg. The fact is that no one except President Willard and his officers ride on it. If they are important enough, celebrities traveling over the B. & O. are given the Maryland...