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...says President Hancher, the State University of Iowa has more than lived up to the hopes of its founders who knelt that day in 1847 to pray for wisdom. It has turned out governors (Archie Alexander of the Virgin Islands), senators (Bourke Hickenlooper), scholars (Political Scientist Charles Edward Merriam), explorers (Vilhjalmur Stefansson), editors (Bruce and Beatrice Gould), and columnists (Marquis Childs); 34 of its alumni and former professors have become heads of other colleges and universities (e.g., George Stoddard, former president of the University of Illinois; H. K. Newburn. former president of the University of Oregon; T. R. McConnell, former...
...make the mistake of some productions and let the performers burlesque the text; rather, each recited the flowery lines as if they were the Twenty-Third Psalm, and the results were doubly hilarious. Among numerous principals, Nora Sayre transformed the mealy-mouthed Emmeline into a vivacious heroine, and Thomas Merriam as Merlin romped through the comic role of "a famous Inchanter...
...answer is cryptic, as befits a man whose time is worth "$10,000 per day." (Satevepost Dec. 5). "Dear Mr. McMasters," he said, "This is in reply to your letter of November 3. May I call to your attention what the Merriam Webster Dictionary has to say about collective nouns? Even old reporters can learn new tricks. Sincerely, John Fox." He must have been very busy as his letter bore the date of Dec. 1, nearly four weeks after mine was sent. I thanked him for his kind directive to an old reporter and told him that I had consulted...
...Editor Fox hide behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary on the ground that his answer might tend to incinerate him? William H. McMasters, Cambridge, Mass...