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Death came in Manhattan last fortnight to Columbia's Professor Franz Boas, who more than 30 years ago scientifically demolished "this Nordic nonsense" in The Mind of Primitive Man, a book which has since been called the Magna Charta of self-respect for the so-called lower races...
...inductees are Seniors who, at the close of their last year, have qualified for degrees of magna or summa cum laude in scientific fields, or Juniors in Group 1 or Group 2 who are candidates for honors in scientific fields. Regulations governing nominations and elections of new numbers were modified slightly last spring when the College adopted a wartime acceleration program...
...Daphnia magna is an almost-microscopic, transparent, fresh-water crustacean that looks something like a very intelligent, infinitesimal shrimp. But for medical researchers Daphnia has other charms than looks: under the influence of low concentrations of drugs such as strychnine or nicotine in the water, Daphnia swims erratically, does loop-the-loops; as concentrations increase, Daphnia gets convulsions, swims on its back, goes into a coma, dies...