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...quoted Philadelphia Purist Dr. Howard McClenahan correctly on p. 44 of TIME, Feb. 26, isn't there some question whether or not Princeton's ex-Dean Mac himself indulged in a solecism when he said: "Such grammatical mistakes are inexcusable...
...gentlemen," cried Purist McClenahan, "can such a situation exist? Such glaring inaccuracies are discreditable to the Board of Education. Such grammatical mistakes are inexcusable in any case, but it is inconceivable that this body, representing the educational system of this city, should allow such glaring errors to appear in its records...
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Careful investigation has satisfied TIME 1) that Bettor Hill is an earnest as well as a facetious purist; 2) that he, possessor of a vast football library, was sincere in his devious criticism of TIME's use of "All-America" and "All-American"; 3) that though correct in the instance he cited (calling Bill Corbus "Stanford's All-American guard"-TIME, Nov. 20), TIME has in other instances erred in the use of "All-American"; 4) that at least one TIME-reader (C. H. McWilliams of Wilmington, Ohio) perceived Purist Hill's concealed point. For purity...
...tower of pastry with its 52 candles awaiting President Roosevelt last week was not his first crustularian masterpiece. The Roosevelt Inaugural Cake weighed 110 Ib. and was the product of Mme Blanche (Blanche LeRallec), famed cake baker to all U. S. Presidents since the first Roosevelt. A crustularian purist. Mme Blanche disdains such devices as building her mammoth cakes around steel or wooden scaffolding. She has built self-supporting cakes weighing over 600 Ib. which were entirely edible from base to candy Cupid, with the exception of a few concealed electric light wires. She works from blue prints, bakes...