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Dates: during 1930-1939
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TIME does me the honor of supposing that I chose the great books-"classics"-which are the required textbooks at St. John's. Except for the addition of numerous scientific works, the list is substantially that used for many years at Columbia University in its honors course. It is now published by the American Library Association under the title Classics of the Western World...
President Barr quibbles when he says he did not choose St. John's textbooks, since he voluntarily selected a particular list, made additions...
...Rumrich set the theme for as fantastic a comedy as ever made fools of peepsters. He got $290 a month from the Germans. They got: 1) Government weather reports (available to anybody); 2) a subscription to the unofficial Army & Navy Register (which welcomes subscribers); 3) a Government Printing Office list of Army & Navy publications (free to all); 4) continuous assurances, often delivered by transatlantic messenger, that invaluable information would be turned up most...
Last week, when the U. S. Polo Association announced 284 changes in its 1938 handicap list, most noteworthy news was the upping of 27-year-old Michael Phipps of Old Westbury, Long Island, from nine goals to ten (top notch). With Tommy Hitchcock, Stewart Iglehart and Cecil Smith already ranked at ten goals, the U. S. can (and probably will-barring accidents) name a 40-goal team, theoretically the best in the world, to defend the Westchester Cup in the international matches with England next summer. Not since 1925 has the U. S. had such a top-notch four...
...motorists-located in all sections of the U. S. and owners of all makes of cars-"to pool their practical experience with the technical skill of General Motors' engineers and production experts." These "invitations," generally in the form of illustrated questionnaires and booklets, are sent to lists of the rank & file public, of which a minimum of 25% invariably reply, and to a special Weaver list of 100,000 motor enthusiasts, of whom as many as 90% will reply. On the average, Weaver manages to get answers to about two-thirds of his 3,000,000 "invitations." Passing...