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...artificial propagation the Department of Agriculture now hopes to spread it ten times as fast. At the U.S. Beetle Control Station at Moorestown, N.J., technicians infect healthy grubs with it, pampering them until the bacteria multiply profusely. Then they grind up the diseased grubs and mix them with talc so the hardy bacteria spores can be conveniently handled and sprinkled in fields...
...finishing the scorching grind under seven hours they had won exactly $1.36 from the bets of fellow Gold Coasters who had taken Souder up on a joking boast that he could run the marathon. Although Leslie Pawson had annexed the ivy wreath, these two stalwarts were much more satisfied with their spoils of victory. When last heard from, they were seen starting out with two Lasell lasses who had cheered them through Auburndale...
...vacation" between departmentals and Commencement comes as a reward for labor performed on a thesis. Since that entails far more work than has been shirked by "course reduction," the honors candidate is entitled to have May and June free for the informal education which he missed during his thesis grind. He deserves, that is, the chance for a rest which his excuse from finals grants...
Close to 500 people crowded the Union Saturday evening to witness the "Follies of '44," which consisted of a sweet potato player, assorted accordion players, an original piano concerto, Snooperman reversing books, a Grind who did not stir from books, a pick-up on a park bench, and other products of yardling imagination...
...this refusal to grind an axe: this kindliness, combined with a supreme ability to handle a difficult situation, that explains how "Karp" solved his unemployment problem by first getting a job as Secretary to the Russian Embassy, and then as Professor of History at Harvard...