Word: mayhew
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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High Jump.--Won by Charles Jenney '26, (4 in.), 6 ft; second, A. F. Jones '25, (scatch), 5 ft., 11 in.; third, T. L. Mayhew...
...Mayhew is the " Bubble Books man." The Bubble Books, out of which Mayhew has made almost over night a large fortune, have been one of the most extraordinary of recent successes. A few years ago, while connected with the Advertising Department of Harper & Bros, publishers, this ingenious fellow hit upon the idea of combining a printed page with a phonograph record. From this the Bubble Books were evolved. You read aloud to the children a story from one of the volumes. At a certain point the text relates that the baby bear sang a song. There follows on the page...
...most, ingenious toy is under process of construction-an instrument to simplify piano-playing for children. The inventor is Ralph Mayhew...
...Mayhew now has hit upon the " Bubble Piano." This is a box with a keyboard which is placed over the piano keyboard.* You press the keys of the box, one after another, and the instrument strikes the proper keys on the piano, plays a melody. You press the first key of the attachment and it strikes a D, say, on the piano. You press the second key, and it strikes say an F sharp on the piano. The third key may strike B, the fourth a G sharp. By striking the keys on the attachment one after another...
...United States can scarcely compete with French supremacy in the air. In his final report as Assistant Secretary of War, J. Mayhew Wainright stated that the Army Air Service is faced with a " serious condition of affairs." Our equipment manufactured in war-time has been practically used up. The amounts of money appropriated for the purchase of new aircraft are so small that within two years we shall have on hand less than one-half the number of aircraft necessary for normal peacetime work...