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...education is less definite and more subject to change than other professions. Research in the field is continually bringing to light improved methods. A good teacher cannot afford to allow himself to get into a rut, but must keep abreast of the times. This is best done by taking courses in a university where the professors in the department have been able through careful research to obtain a knowledge of the best methods...
...often does, William Bushnell Stout, famed builder of Ford metal transports, flew last week at Dearborn, Mich., with his daughter Wilma, 19, in his own Fleet biplane. The glare of sun on snow blinded him as he glided to a landing on Ford Airport. The rolling plane struck a rut, nosed over, administered severe headcuts to Father & Daughter Stout...
...Mouse Unit" Potency. The potency of female sex hormone substances is measured in "mouse units" or "rat units." One "rat unit" equals four "mouse units." One gram of comparatively crude hormone-containing substance is sufficient, if injected with properly minute doses, to make 30,000 spayed mice rut again. The crystals will stimulate 8,000,000 mice or 2,000,000 rats...
...tabloid Manhattan pornoGraphic. Unlucky lately has been its Publisher Bernarr ("Body Love") Macfadden. Last June, Colyumist Walter Winchell left him for the New York Mirror, a rival tabloid; last July, Editor Emile Henry Gauvreau did the same (TIME, June 17, July 29). Last week, Editor Louis Weitzenkorn deepened the rut by following their examples. But not to the Mirror did Editor Weitzenkorn wend his editorial steps. Said he: to Paris will I go with my wife and dog, devote my time to creative writing...
...helping the situation. Under the present conditions the efforts of most college men are allowed to follow one subject to the exclusion of many others that undoubtedly would be a broadening influence. The loss like a professional school the college remains, the more chance there is to avoid this rut and to exert a wholesome unrestricting influence on the students to whom they award degrees. No matter what professional field the college man may enter, the subjects studied outside of this field present a background upon which his specialized knowledge will have to work. Moreover, work not in a specified...