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...sojourn in Washington during the Christmas recess revealed to the writer that things have changed since the days of Coolidge prosperity. For one thing, newspapermen now hang out around the White House rather than Capitol Hill. There's no news on the Hill. In the halls of the Capitol, it is said that Congressmen plead with newspapermen to tell them what the dope is over at the White House. "What bill are we going to advocate." the Chairman of a prominent House Committee is reputed to have asked a reporter. "I know you've just spoken to the President...
...position has remained unfilled. Some courses in the field, it is true, are given by Dean Hanford, but his administrative duties necessarily limit his efforts in this direction. From time to time visiting professors have attempting to fill the gap. This solution is obviously inadequate, however, since their short sojourn removes all incentive for permanent accomplishments...
...Maxwell Anderson on the cover, with a very interesting story elsewhere in the issue. You state that Mr. Anderson left North Dakota, "because his efforts to make lignite coal burn wearied him.'' . . . The University of North Dakota has expanded considerably since Mr. Anderson's sojourn here. For the past 20 years of my 36 years as chief engineer of the University Power Plant, our constantly enlarging campus has been heated successfully with North Dakota lignite. . . . We are indeed proud of the achievements of Mr. Anderson. . . . However, we are also equally proud of the North Dakota lignite coal...
...Aran Islands, off the Galway coast of Ireland, were so barren that the inhabitants had to gather soil in baskets to grow potatoes in crevices of rock, he went to England's Gainsborough Pictures Ltd. for financial backing. Man of Aran is the result of his two-year sojourn on Inishmore, largest of the three islands. Decorated with a musical score based on Irish folk songs, equipped with intermittent scraps of Gaelic, the picture proves the Aran Islands to be as inhospitable as Director Flaherty could have hoped. Like his other films, it has no professional actors, no narrative...
These same men, who made the trip to England to compete against their British rivals, also took part in the gruelling four-mile races at New London against the Blue, either immediately before or just after their sojourn abroad...