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Paul R. Vogt '38, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Adams House, and A. Judson Wells, Jr. '38, or Highland Park, Illinois, and 25 Sacramento Street, complete the list of National Scholars who have had their awards continued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 5 NATIONAL SCHOLARS WIN GRADUATE AWARDS | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Sally Rand heads the list of late additions to the Freshman Smoker on Thursday, which already includes free tobacco, soft drinks, and a crowd of beautiful girls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sally Rand Will Make Appearance at Freshman Smoker Program Thursday | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Well-assorted list of guest speakers at the Continental Congress last week included two who sprang surprises. On the opening day of the fiesta French Ambassador René de Saint-Quentin embarrassed his more serious listeners by whimsically admitting being mystified by the existence in a democracy of an order founded on such strictly aristocratic principles. The Congress had barely recovered from this shock when it learned that, for the first time since he has been in the White House, Franklin Roosevelt was going to accept an invitation to address it. Said the President extemporaneously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Continental Congress | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...years Dr. Thurstone, like a biochemist isolating vitamins, has been cracking up the human mind into its primary functions. He started with a tentative list of about half-a-dozen theoretical functions, created a set of 56 tests to probe them. Samples: ¶ Synonyms, anagrams-to test ability in the use of words. ¶ Disarranged true & false sentences: "large is an beast ant a"-to test perception. ¶ Tests of verbal reasoning: All pigs can fly, and all elephants are pigs, therefore all elephants can fly. Answer: The argument is correct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Mind Cracked | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

Bitch (most taboo of the list) : freshmen 7%, seniors 9%, faculty 17%, men 10%, women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Taboo Words | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

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