Word: paramecium
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...were to be leased to boards of education and private schools, and sent free to ru- ral districts. This venture was found financially impracticable. The present prospect of many school children learning geography and science from "shots" of Patagonian flocks and herds, Chinese temples, the home life of the Paramecium, or of "Making Rubber in Ohio," seems excellent. The Eastman Kodak Co. is one of the largest corporations in the U. S. The National Education Association has some 161,000 members. And added to these agencies will be the huge publicity corps of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America...
...this day when investigation into the affairs of Victoria is pursued internationally with as much zeal as scientists exert in ascertaining the private life of the paramecium, it is rather exciting to see her come to life upon the stage. Though the authors (Walter Prichard Eaton and David Carb) protest volubly that the play is not a dramatization of Strachey, it is the readers of his book who will be particularly attracted. The play has caught all the quaint charm of the girl who developed retiring domesticity into a regal legend. It was Strachey who popularized the legend in America...
...Zoological Club. Review: "Geotropism in Snails." Mr. E. F. Adolf: "Reactions of Drosophila to Air Currents, Gravity, and Centrifugation." Mr. W. H. Cole; "Light Reactions of Paramecium." Mr. A. C. Walton, in Zoological Laboratory, Room...
...Lecture of Harvard Zoological Club, "Some Recent Work on Paramecium," by Mr. H. O. Fish, in the Zoological Laboratory, Room...