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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Course 10, Experimental Psychology and Introductory Laboratory, is also a worth while course to take early, is well taught and not hard, occupying two hours on two afternoons a week. The laboratory equipment could stand improvement, however. Stevens is a fine research man, but does not have any extra time for students in this course...
...Orator Winston Churchill, an independent Conservative and extremely pro-French, had declared only a few days before that if the Henlein Nazis refuse to be satisfied with the highly conciliatory treatment Sudeten Germans are now being offered by the Czechoslovak Government, then "Britain will feel herself morally bound to stand by Czechoslovakia...
...Spanish Inquisition by Douglas engineers, who systematically squeezed, banged, shook, stretched, heated, froze, destroyed every part, every material. They built huge testing machines many times as valuable as the part they were testing. In the end the experts were satisfied that every inch of the plane could stand twice as much stress as would ever be brought to bear. Fourth DC-4, fruit of this triple experimenting, represents $992,808 for labor and engineering, $641,804 for materials and overhead...
...came to a solemn conclusion: "There is no God . . . nothing matters as long as we remain healthy and alive . . . insensitiveness is the one cardinal sin." Still alive 29 years later, while continuing to think each year his last, Llewelyn Powys has succeeded in writing a half-dozen books which stand out for their acute observations of nature, their sensitive prose, their blend of pessimism and pagan delight in the "rabble senses." The most polished of the prolific Powys brothers (John Cowper Powys, T. F. Powys), Llewelyn is also the most uneven. But even cautious critics rank three...
Three large squares on each ballot give workers the opportunity to vote for either the American Federation of Labor, the inside union, or independence from both. Specially appointed observers and checkers from both unions and the University will stand watch at the polls today, while the SLRB will direct tabulation of the ballots...