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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: Is it too late to point out a possible misleading statement under the caption, "Eloquent Hoosier," in TIME, May 17, under EDUCATION ? Professor Brigance may well be proud of the orator he has trained for victory this year, and of the splendid record made by Wabash in recent years; but his suggestion that his college has an undisputed claim to the hypothetical "crown of American oratory" is tenable only if the contests of the last few years are taken into account. Beloit College won the Interstate Contest in 1899 and again in 1902, 1903 and 1904-four times...
...been the home run hitting of Outfielder Ruth of the New York Yankees. Damned in neo-season days as "a fat slob, good for nothing," Babe Ruth has thrice slapped the cheeks of his criticizers by not only ascending to within four homeruns of his 1921 world's record (when he hit 30 homeruns by the Fourth of July) but by leading the American League in total number of runs scored and (greatest of all) by maintaining the highest batting average in the League. However, it now appears doubtful that Ruth will break his 1921 record...
...Manhattan, John Kuck, of Kansas Teachers' College, picked up an eight-pound ball of iron, whirled it round him on a wire, sent it careering 68 feet ⅝ inches -a new world's record. Untired, he tossed the 16-lb. shot 48 feet 3½ inches for another record...
Stock Sales. During the first half year of 1926 Manhattan Stock Exchange men traded 224,928,600 shares, a daily average of 1,509,587. This is a record. Maddening Steel. Speculators are puzzled in their attitudes toward the common stock of U. S. Steel. Many are certain that Judge Gary will resign and permit a stock dividend (TIME, July 5). Many think a 40% stock dividend will be declared. Others premise that the $100 par common stock will be doubled and put on a 4% or 5% dividend basis (the present rate is 7%). Still others suppose that...
...sent her dapper secretary into the Manhattan terminal of the Pennsylvania Railroad to order her a special train to Chicago, a fast one, to leave at once, immediately. The railroad was astonished, but efficient none the less. A very fast train whisked Mrs. Cyrus Jr. to Chicago in the record time of 16 hours, 55 minutes. Mrs. Cyrus Jr., or her husband, paid $7,037 for the ride. Mrs. McCormick, the only passenger, traveled with a full train crew. She tipped the Pullman conductor $50, the porter $30, a passenger agent $50. And that was all there was to that...