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...failure of seven Ivy college representatives to make any move to ward off the tidal wave of professionalism should prove that professionalism, like war, is not to be eradicated with mere diplomatic palaver by men whose hands are tied. University presidents must give up hiding their heads in the sand and assume the responsibility which they have unfairly foisted upon athletic directors and coaches--unless, of course, they are willing to admit that football can not be amateur henceforth. If athletics are part of college life, and if gate receipts make up an important share of the university's budget...
...friends Professor Peabody was endeared by his friendliness, insight, sympathy, and humor. These qualities were often expressed in little essays privately printed for those who knew him, and sometimes as verses appearing as dedicatory lines in his published works. His was a life well rounded out, full of happiness sand also of fortitude in sorrow. He will be happily and gratefully remembered...
...Expected to be a notable exception is Atlantic City's 82-year-old Absecon Lighthouse, also up for sale last week with bidding to close Jan. 5. After erosion had left the 167-ft. tower a perilous 75 ft. from shore, jetties were built, the sea restored its sand, the city sprawled out over the new land. Now Absecon stands 1,500 ft. from shore, its ocean view blocked by tall apartment houses and hotels. Its 1½acres which cost $520 in 1854 are now appraised at $312,450; with tower and two cottages, at $414,450. First...
...would be made bluer by selective scattering of the same kind which makes the earth's sky blue.* Actually, the color of the star and that of the nebula are almost identical. Therefore the nebular fragments must be big enough to reflect the light intact-as big as sand grains, peas, marbles, melons or mountains...
...ideas into the noodle of the Kidnapper? Old Chang, when he held Peiping (TIME, June 27, 1927 et seq.) indulged his habit of doing something so fantastic that today only Adolf Hitler does it: he caused the heads of Communists to be actually chopped off and "roll in the sand." Old Chang's executioner with his great broad sword, and sometimes Old Chang with his gold-plated Mauser pistol, killed many more Reds than ever the Nazis have. He also, on his own responsibility as no gentleman and a War Lord, burst open Soviet Embassy offices at Peiping...