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Just at present there is a good deal being heard from the Junior Class on the subject of German. In informal discussions the word is usually preceded by one or two vigorous English expletives of doubtful Teutonic origin. But informal or formal, the discussion is one not to be dismissed lightly. Approximately a quarter of the Junior Class is on probation because of failure to meet the Modern Language Requirements...
...students in the Division of Anthropology of the University. They are also made use of by students in other departments of the University, by those of various colleges and schools in eastern Massachusetts, and by the general public. In addition to its primary use in the study of the origin, development, and distribution of man, the Museum is being used increasingly by students of design, sculpture, architecture, and many of the mechanical arts...
...generally credited with being the real pioneer was the firm of George P. Rowell & Company which was established in 1865 in New York City," said Mr. H. K. McCann, President of the McCann Advertising Agency of New York City, in a recent interview for the CRIMSON on the origin, organization and function of the advertising agency in modern business. "This agency secured rate cards from newspapers all over the country and made some effort to appraise advertising values. It was the first agency that was equipped to recommend to an advertiser a list of the publications he should...
England Claims Origin of Sculling...
...Quan Quot. Later our geologist explained that the men had evidently been mummified or petrified by the sudden explosion of a liquid used by the Incas for brilliant illuminating effects, such as red and green lights. The gas thus created, combining with a rocksecretion of volcanic origin, was enough to account for the explosion which had originally sealed the mouth of the cave and preserved these bodies through so many ages...