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Preparations for entrance in a Patriots' Day Air Meet were completed at a recent meeting of the Flying Club, it was announced by A. M. Brown '34, president of the Club. The meet is open to amateur pilots who have not flown over 200 hours, and will take place Wednesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flying Club Preparing For Patriot Day Air Meet at Airport in Boston | 4/17/1933 | See Source »

From Mr. Prince's particular point of view, the conclusion that the college teacher represents a fair weather claque may well seem irresistible. He has probably grown a little weary of complacent rationalizations after 1929 from those who were once very prone to accept the new era without a second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRINCE AND THE PROFESSOR | 2/16/1933 | See Source »

Before sailing Professor Piccard told the Press some new things about himself. He had been, the New York Times correspondent wirelessed, "Dr. Einstein's leading pupil when the latter taught at the University of Zurich, and at that time Dr. Einstein asked his collaboration in carrying on experiments in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Piccard in Transit | 1/16/1933 | See Source »

The National has been the only important professional football league in the U. S. since the collapse of C. C. Pyle's American League in 1927. The first thing that spectators accustomed to college football notice about professional games is an immense, swift precision which makes the game compare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Football, Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

There arises a suspicion that the National Council of English Teachers is avoiding a difficult task when it reasons: "The populace makes mistakes in English; the populace is good; therefore mistakes are good." The American version of the English tongue is fast losing all the pleasant qualities that make the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE KING'S ENGLISH | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

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