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...Concord earthquake was of a sort very apt to occur in New England when the ground melts in early spring, said Professor Mather, and is caused by small faults developing along frost cracks. The recent Japanese quake, however, was brought about by a slipping of land masses along a fundamental fault which lies near the shore. The serious Japanese earthquake of 1923 was also caused by this same fault...
...that the recent suicides ought not to be seriously considered in the hope of putting a stop to any future occurrences of such sort. We feel merely that the publicity they have received has magnified their importance, and provided manna for alarmists. And it is all because the man in the street is not interested in French requirements or the Tutorial system, but a student suicide is hot stuff, and merely confirms his ideas of college as a haven of hip flasks, atheism, and general immorality...
...purpose of the award is to further friendly relations between Italy and America--much the same sort of aim on a small scale, as that of the Rhodes Scholarship in regard to England. This aim is a manifestation of the policy of the Club itself...
...better characterization than is usual or necessary in this dramatic form, is exceptionally well acted (Margaret Wycherly, in particular), and chills as well as any of these things can. It is housed in the old Empire Theatre, recently home of the legally banned Captive, and decently symbolizes the sort of improvement encouraged by the Criminal Court of Artistic Appreciation...
FINDING THE WORTH WHILE IN THE ORIENT-Lucian Swift Kirtland-McBride ($3.50). World travel, which means "The Orient" to most people, is becoming so common that a book of this sort at one's elbow is apt to be disastrously intriguing to all who should stay at home. It costs, says Author Kirtland, just about $15 in gold for every day you are on shore in the Orient. For a decent world-circling tour on your own, you need $3,000-just about what it costs, with "extras," on the round-the-world travel agency tours. With this fair...