Word: mazes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...extreme peril which forces the poor student to dodge through the rushing autos on his way to the New Lecture Hall, and so with the co-operation of the State Highway Commission they have begun a survey to determine the exact number of cars and pedestrians frequenting the maze of highways converging at the Fire Station...
...CHINESE ORANGE MYSTERY-Ellery Queen-Stokes ($2). Ellery and Inspector Queen are balked for a time in a maze of philately and jewel-collecting; but Ellery perspicaciously solves the clue of the "backwards room" and, of course, the murder...
...prime example of the political meddling, jealousy and intrigue which bedevil most state universities. It came to the fore during the eleven-year administration (1915-26) of the late Henry Suzzalo. Able in politics as in pedagogy, he wangled generous grants from the Legislature, built up a maze of specialized colleges, upped enrollment from 3,000 to 7,000. But he made one major mistake. As virtual Governor during the fatal six-month illness of Wartime Governor Ernest Lister, he started to clean up lumber camps and trod on the toes of a lumberman named Roland Hill Hartley...
...orchestra or round out massive undertones worthy of his subject. Pietro Yon proved years ago that he is a musician before he is an organist. He had not written an oratorio to exhibit his own virtuosity, to show how his feet could travel the pedals, his fingers control the maze of stops...
From the Caroline Islands, that fine powder of islands lying in the West Pacific, the Japanese sampans point southward. They cross the Equator, weave through the maze of the East Indian Archipelago toward Australia's New Guinea and North Australia. In the shallow waters of the Coral Sea along the Great Barrier Reef, 1,000 mi. from home, they find what they want but it is in Australian waters. Long since, the Australian Government has protested to Tokyo via London against their poaching. But Japan had not the heart to discourage such energetic citizens. Last week Australia got ready...