Word: maye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kudized last week: Grover Aloyslus Whalen, honorary LL. D. from New York University (punned orotund Candidate Presenter Harold 0. Voorhis: "Veritably, may we say of this man of the World of Tomorrow as did John Dryden say of Alexander of Macedon, 'None but the Brave deserves the Fair' ") ; Explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd, Doctor of Fortitude and Faith, from Pennsylvania's Beaver College. (During the ceremonies, Dr. Byrd's head proved too big for his hood, which had to be unstitched...
...Students were most likely to be dishonest in their school work, which led Miss Omwake to observe that the traditional school curriculum, stressing competition for marks, "may promote dishonesty." Of her students, 33% said they would be tempted to cheat in an examination if they could get away with it; 50% would be tempted if most of their classmates cheated; 79% had actually cheated in an examination at least once...
...Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, effective January 1. As head of the fifth largest insurance company (assets: $1,399,427,496), he will not only be able to use his genius for economy, but will be able to speak with nonacademic authority on economic issues that may be raised...
...recurrent movies about the marital problems of prize fighters who marry above them have attained national significance. Most piquant of the recent lot, Invitation to Happiness bridges the social gap in a one-reel leap, thenceforth takes up where most palooka-heiress movies leave off, to see what may happen to such an alliance in, say, ten years...
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, Greer Garson; TIME, May...