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Graduate: $300 to Lewis S. Feuer 4G., of Brooklyn, N. Y., for an essay entitled "Time and Change." $300 to Harold S. Wilson 3G., of London, Ont., Canada, for an essay entitled "The Advice to Follow Nature in Montaigne's "Essais...
Honorable mention to: Abraham Hertzberg '35, of New York, N. Y.; Joseph Prescott '35, of Fall River, Mass.; Robert L. McCaul, Jr. '35, of Waltham, Mass.; Wendell M. Hastings '35, of Brookline, Mass.; Philippe Dur '35, of Toronto, Ont., Canada; Edward Epstein '37, of Beverly, Yorks, England...
...Ford of Canada is supposed to be about 50% owned by Henry Ford. Lately it has been reported that Mr. Ford's interest has declined below actual voting control but the board is dominated by Ford men, who have only to cross the Detroit River to East Windsor, Ont. to say their...
Born in small Waterloo, Ont. and raised in Michigan, Isaiah Bowman got a B. S. at Harvard in three years, a Ph. D. at Yale in three more. Every few years after that he was off to South America, teaching at Yale between expeditions. In 1915 the American Geographical Society called him to Manhattan as its director. The yarn-swappers of the Explorers' Club came to know him as a vigorous organizer who raised $350,000 to finish a large-scale map of Hispanic America. In 1931 he was elected president of the International Geographical Union...
...Blyth, Ont., John Cowan got a job as police chief, street inspector, sanitary engineer, weed inspector, Memorial Hall caretaker, trusty clerk, liquor law enforcement officer, clerk of the weigh scales, school bellringer and Town Council handyman. Salary: $600 a year...