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Cities having a population over 100,000 were shown last week to have increased from 68 in 1920 to 93 this year. The 93 contain more than one-fourth of the U. S. population. Notable among newcomers to this list were Fort Worth, Tex. (160,892), Flint, Mich. (156.422), Miami, Fla. (110.025), Tacoma, Wash. (106,837), Lynn (102,327), and Lowell (100,300), Mass, (textile centres...
...think that my country deserves a better name than 'dear little Holland.' " The area of the Netherlands is 13,208 sq. mi. (about three times the size of Connecticut). Its population: 7,625,938. The Dutch Kingdom in the East Indies is 733,642 sq. mi. (about one-fourth the size of the U. S.) in extent and has a population...
Between Anton and Alois Lang is no great friendship, nor any notable rivalry. Long ago Anton signified his willingness to resign the role. There was the matter of his age, and resignation did not mean the loss of money. The Passion Players receive negligible salaries - one-fourth of the profits, another fourth for expenses, another for furnishing the pensions, an other for communal purposes. Said Catholic America last week: "A dentist's bill which Mr. Lang contracted after the Passion Play was eight times as large as the sum he received for . . . 68 performances." Possibly, however, Anton Lang resents...
...conclusion, let me crystalize the argument for more leisure in one practical suggestion. Reduce the quantity of the college entrance requirements (both new and old plans) by one-fourth. Make every boy obtain twelve units according to present plans with such modifications as seem necessary. Then require the successful candidates to show by personal conference with a college officer that their leisure time has resulted in self-education and cultivation of sufficient value and importance to justify its allotment. This plan would, I believe, banish present difficulties from the schools and bring to the college finer material than...
Majestic Household Utilities will manufacture all the parts-used in the refrigerator which will be distributed by Grigsby-Grunow dealers. Although Grigsby-Grunow holds less than one-fourth the stock in the new company, this is sufficient to insure practical control, especially when the personal holdings of the officers are considered. The price of the refrigerator has not been announced but is generally thought to be very low, possibly $100, which is $125 less than GM's cheapest Frigidaire...