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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...TIME of April 19, p. 38, col. 3, your book reviewer mentions "Jew manufacturers." I take it that he did not mean manufacturers of Jews but rather Jewish manufacturers. Is it so hard for men who understand English to realize that the word "Jew" is a noun and that "Jewish" is the adjective...
...really mean "in California," not Los Angeles or Pasadena, but up and down this state, which is over 1,000 miles long and the greater portion of which is north of the Tehachapi Mountains...
...physical culturists have shown only mediocre pitching and very little hitting strength, though in the latter respect they outhit Amherst 10 to 5. In Minikin they possess a clean-up batter of no mean efficacy, for in eleven trips to the plate he has slashed out no less than seven hits of assorted sizes. Either Crowley or Beach will toe the rubber against the Crimson this afternoon, the latter having the only Springfield verdict to his credit...
...true that our early college buildings were called "colleges" instead of "halls;" but that does not mean they were colleges in the English sense. As late as 1812, the corporation "Voted, that the new College be called Holworthy Hall in honor to the memory of Sir Matthew Holworthy, deceased." There was no plan for a dining hall or common room in Holworthy. Your statement that "each building was a separate unit with its own sleeping quarters, kitchen, dining room and in many cases Library is incorrect. That statement was made about 25 years ago, and conclusively disproved by Albert Matthews...
...intended, it would seem, to write a novel on a grand scale of deep British significance. Modern English landscape, modern London streets, horse-racing, prizefighting, tea parties, labor strikes, auctions, motoring?the story ventures thrillingly up and down the land. Perhaps most thrilling of all is the politics. No mean orator himself, Mr. Frankau introduces a fascinating Jewish playwright to wax eloquently Tory. Yet, in spite of all this, the author seems to have become so absorbed by John Masterson and his unfortunate bride that as the story proceeds he forgets sociology and all such. The result is simply...