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Never again will TIME compare Sarah Joslyn with the late Hetty Green. But TIME is not convinced that the Western Newspaper Union was chief source of the Joslyn fortune...
Omaha's Sarah Joslyn...
...your article concerning the Joslyn Art Museum at Omaha you describe its donor, Mrs. Sarah Selleck Joslyn, as eccentric and sometimes known as the "Corn Belt's" Hetty Green (TIME, Jan. 11). Several years ago Mrs. Joslyn was voted Omaha's most useful citizen by the American Legion, and the only true comparison to Hetty Green, is her possession of wealth. She should not be described as eccentric, unless this word is used to describe philanthropy and unselfishness -two attributes Mrs. Joslyn possesses and Hetty Green lacked. You have also sacrificed accuracy for sensation alism in describing...
There is no course in the new Department ordinarily open to Freshmen. The introductory course, a discussion of contemporary sociological theories will be taught by Professor Pitirim Sorokin, recently made Chairman of the Department, Dr. C. S. Joslyn '20, and Dr. Talcott Parsons. Undergraduates will be able to apply for a series of 16 other courses, only one of which, the most advanced, requires the knowledge of any previous course...
Onetime owner of Western Newspaper Union was George A. Joslyn, who died in 1916. Since 1916 stock has been controlled by Mr. Joslyn's widow and other heirs. Last week, however, Western Newspaper Union exchanged its private for public 'ownership, issued $4,250,000 in gold debentures. The company earned...