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While last week's full lunatic moon shone out of sight on the far side of the earth, 1,800 members of the American Psychiatric Association congregated in St. Louis each day to consider the madness of mankind. In kind and quantity this has increased so rapidly during late years that more than half the nation's hospital capacity is devoted to care of the mentally deranged and in many States the cost of running insane asylums is one of the largest items in the annual budget...
...wended their way to Winthrop House, whose windows shone warm and cozy. By midnight the windows had begun to darken and the girls began to realize that there was little hope. They were found by the University police at 2 o'clock wrapped in sheets. Where the sheets came from was not disclosed...
...great shakes as a coach of Buckeye court and diamond teams, "Let George-Do-It" Trautman shone at prmoting athletics. He helped high pressure through the new stadium. He made Ohio State a glorious and luxurious home for King Football. The city of Columbus borrowed the go better for its Chamber of and when Promoter Trautman was through, one convention after another chose Columbus, he transferred his skillful hand to the Columbus in the American Association...
Acoustics engineers were called in, deadened the echoes by hanging crimson velvet curtains between each of the columns. This shut out so much light that the Justices found they could not see to read. Elaborate chandeliers were dropped from the ceiling. They shone in the Justices' eyes. Finally a set of nine bronze desk lamps was installed on the bench itself. Greatly irked. Associate Justice Brandeis refused to accept one. plunked down in front of him a battered, goose-necked student lamp...
...jouncing cage came to a halt. There were running steps outside, a jingle of keys, a clang as the rear doors were opened. "Jump out, you fools! Jump!" cried a voice. The whites of 44 eyes shone in the fire glare as they looked back into a solid wall of flames. Two dark figures staggered back, lurched through the door, fell on the road outside, afire from head to foot. Two white guards rolled them into the snow-filled ditch to put them out. Then the drum of gasoline went up. . . . When a prison official arrived on the scene...