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Veteran Cinemactor Lew (All Quiet on the Western Front) Ayres, 45, whose militant pacifism led him into the noncombatant ranks of World War II's conscientious objectors, passed through Istanbul after a half-year's sampling of Asia's welter of religions. He planned, with the aid of some 75,000 feet of movie film shot during his pilgrimage, to lecture on his findings in the U.S. Of all the religions he had looked over, Ayres liked Mohammedanism best as an ideal faith for world brotherhood. Said he: "You go to pray. You go in turn...
...more than 250 companies that reported for the second quarter, three out of five reported bigger profits than a year ago. Earnings were often up, because of the expiration of the excess-profits tax, even where sales were down. For example, General Electric's half-year profits were up 24% from a year ago to $1.08 a share, despite a 7% sales slump...
...that two outstanding fine arts scholars, Millard Meiss of Columbia and Sydney J. Freedberg '36 of Wellesley, will join the faculty next year. Meiss, an expert on Italian Renaissance art, will serve as a full professor. He expects to teach during the first semester, and will devote the second half-year to museum work. Freedberg will become an associate professor, and will study on a Guggenheim fellowship next year...
...screening period; those who pass are accepted on six-month trial. During their first term at Haus Villigst, students do no studying at all. Instead, they take jobs as regular workers in Ruhr mines and factories. Their wages pay for their college expenses the following year. During this first half-year, students live a close community life at the Haus, exposed constantly to nondenominational Christianity in the form of prayers, hymns, Bible readings, and discussion groups...
...when the company reported that its second-quarter profits, hard hit by the textile slump, were down 95% to $215,327, not even enough to cover the dividend on the preferred stock. Western Union, which reported that the seven-week telegraph strike caused a $3,902,125 half-year loss v. a $4,246,672 net in 1951, was knocked down nearly two points...