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Sirs: I had occasion to read with interest your journal published today (TIME, Dec. 4), and on reading through, I came across a statement which is absolutely incorrect and which will be resented by every Irishman in Ireland. The statement to which I refer is- 'Irish starts with barley but particular Irishmen always drink Scotch. Scotch also starts with barley but the ingredients are better, notably its water." As Chairman of the Board of Directors of one of the large Irish Free State distilleries, and one of the Board of Directors of another Irish Free State distillery, who incidentally...
...statement in yesterday's CRIMSON that William F. Perry '34 would attend the National Students League Convention in Washington on December 26 was incorrect. Griffith B. Washburn '35 will attend the convention...
...glad to see that President Conant has appointed a Committee on Seals, Arms, and Diplomas to deal with doubted legitimacy of Harvard's famous Veritas escutcheon. The baroque plaster and wood emblazoned over the Dunster House Library probably constitutes Complaint No. 1, as it is radically incorrect. When the original designers took their idea to America's greatest heraldic wood carver in 1929 they were politely thrown out of the shop. The craftsman said he would not be party to such nonsense. He proved to his would-be elients that the lozenged shape of the ornament was the heraldic symbol...
...have just finished reading your article (TIME, Oct. 9, Aeronautics), regarding the crackup of a Condor plane. You state that a mechanic failed to unlash the control stick. For your information, the above statement is incorrect, inasmuch as the pilot and co-pilot are responsible for removing the lashing. It is the pilot's responsibility to see that all controls are free before leaving the ground...
...baptizing or blessing the figures in front of him is an archbishop is attested by his pall. Therefore it might be St. Dunston or St. Alphage, both of whom are represented in Canterbury Cathedral by a series of scenes from their lives. However, this too, seems to be an incorrect supposition, as dimensions of the Fogg Museum roundell are considerably smaller that those of the St. Dunston and St. Alphage windows which remain, or the original irons of them...