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First issue of Mortuary Digest was not impressive in appearance-32 pages with scanty advertising & illustration-but it was pungent in its discussion of funeral problems. One of Editor Witman's first editorials pooh-poohed the profession's effort to popularize the term "mortician...
...current issue of Forum, Mr. John R. Tunis, prominent for widespread "debunking" of sport, sarcastically attacks collegiate Athletic Associations and Directors, particularly those of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, under the title, "Pooh-bahs of Sport." After summarizing the principal differences which have occurred in the relations of these three colleges during the last few years, he continues by decrying officials and policies, and concludes with the suggestion, "may the solution not be to turn the problem over to those most directly concerned--the students?" The mechanical and financial details would be handled by a special accountant and staff...
GIVE ME YESTERDAY?A Whimsy-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne...
...lobbies of the House of Commons, last week, M. P.'s professed to take the New Party as a huge joke. But one prominent Labor statesman said (off the record) : "I think they are mistaken in pooh-poohing Mosley. They ought to watch him. He's a persistent little terrier. Smart...
...original issue. The really noteworthy thing about this trend to yesterday's best-sellers is that, with the exception of the popularity of certain novels in the new Bonibooks series, the undergraduates' interest seems for the most part focused on non-fiction books that are unually pooh-poohed in academic circles. Such old standbys as Wells' "Outline of History" and Durant's "Story of Philosophy" still stand near the top of the list, although Dimnet's "Art of Thinking" is at the moment the outstanding reprint success in Cambridge...