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MIDWAY SIGNS LIMEY PROF TO DOPE YANK TALK...
This irreverent headline in Chicago's Britain-baiting Tribune had to be decoded for Sir William Craigie when he reached the Midwest's capital in 1925. The "Limey prof," a shy, spike-bearded little Scotsman, was charmed. That was the kind of talk he had come to the U.S. to codify; No one could question his fitness for the job. One of the world's great linguists, he was co-editor of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary, for which monumental task he was knighted...
...Where are those powerful snooper associates of mine? Since news concerning field trips and guest speakers, during our Army Supply Studies course, is antidated, it is necessary that some of you give out with some potential news...i.s. the possibility of some student, like the proverbial dog, biting the "prof" that wrote the last accounting exam...
...Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society, under the direction of Prof. G. Wallace Woodworth, will give a concert with the Boston "Pops" Orchestra Friday night at the Esplanade...
...Engineers 14, Recruiting Stations 13, Ordnance 6, Quartermaster 5, Harbor Defenses 2, and Armored Forces, Arsenals and Finance one each. This is guaranteed to add up to 252, despite the contention in certain quarters that your correspondent can't handle simple arithmetic. If Not, blame it on the Prof reader...