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...current "literary renaissance," attracted the favorable attention of William Lyon Phelps and other Eli pundits. After two years abroad Wilder taught for seven years at Lawrenceville, took an M. A. at nearby Princeton. His 1928 Pulitzer-prizewinning The Bridge of San Luis Rey lifted him out of the academic rut. but two years later he returned to it of his own accord, now lectures on English & literature for six months a year at the University of Chicago...
...there were no synonyms in the language. After graduating high from Carleton, Veblen taught for a year in a Norwegian-community school, then went East to study philosophy at Johns Hopkins and Yale, take his Ph. D. He spent the rest of his life looking for a fitting academic rut. For a time he could find no job at all, disgusted his family by loafing at home. Finally he was offered an instructorship at the new Rockefeller-endowed University of Chicago. He also taught at Stanford University, the University of Missouri, Manhattan's New School for Social Research. Except...
...study microscopic snips of her internal organs. Now, however, all that was necessary was a test of her blood and urine on virgin rats and spayed mice. If Clara was a true female, her specimens would contain glandular secretions called hormones which would put the rodents into rut. The test was made; Clara was a boy. Thereupon surgeons started a series of major operations to release the latent seeds of manhood. Last week it was announced that the final touches will take place in October after which Clara will assume the name of Clarence...
...Lone bright spot in the steel business last week was the increased demand for tinplate wherewith to can drought-stricken beasts. Rut darkest spot in all commodities was the price of hides, down from 6½¢ per lb. to 3½¢ in the past week, or 15% in six trading days, because the market was glutted by Government slaughtering. After strenuous protest from tanners, RFC last week agreed to advance $10,000,000 to hold surplus hides off the market until demand increases or they can be dumped abroad...
...accepted. One thing must be done to end this gross exploitation. The University must run the Night Lunch on a non-profit basis and make public its accounts to guarantee the security of this basis. Moreover I condemn the CRIMSON for letting conditions roll along in the same old rut. Understand, that the institution of convenience such as the Night Lunch is a valuable one but it must be affirmed that wholesale filching of students' pockets by means of the term bill credit system is high robbery of a respectable but none the less irritable sort. Emuel Q. T. Gladpebble...