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They need not have come. Prof. Thurston, pleasant-spoken gentleman soon won over his audience, told how many a so-called medium had asked him for tricks to fool gullibles. "But," admitted Magician rhurston, "I was quoted incorrectly. All spiritualistic phenomena cannot be reproduced with a small watch. There is an intelligent psychic force which can manifest itself but everything done at a stated time and for money is likely to be trickery." Thus mollified, the spiritualists beamed kindly up at Mr. Thurston in the pulpit. A collection was about to be taken when a member of the magician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Thurston v. Mediums | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...University of Southern California, Freshmen coeds, were set to scrubbing sidewalks, in accordance with tradition. ¶ At the University of Wisconsin, famed for its journalistic educator President Glenn Frank, for its great economist Prof. Robert Commons (who dares chew tobacco in the President's office), Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn* started his Experimental College. At this unit of the University, students will study exclusively a single civilization, the Ancient Greek. In so doing, they are not called upon to master the Greek language. ¶At Millsaps College, Jackson, Miss., 40 Freshmen voluntarily shaved their own heads in a "Free Will Hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Matriculation | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

...Prof. O'Hara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 4, 1927 | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

Wouldn't it be a good idea, Gentlemen, to send Prof. O'Hara some of your subscription propaganda? Should he oblige with the necessary five dollars, you would be adding a valuable friend and another "Who's Who" to your list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 4, 1927 | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

...Prof. O'Hara was sent subscription propaganda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 4, 1927 | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

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