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...editor of the school paper, and was the winner of several prizes for essay writing. He was an officer of a club for the study of the Greek language. He was winner of the annual oratorical contest among the students of five high schools of Columbus on the general subject of the Constitution of the UnitedStates...
...historical writing, as well as a study in the workings of democracy in a waning world, "Road to War" is one of the most important books written for many years, and will surely remain as the standard work on the subject. No intelligent man or woman can afford to miss it; the time may well come when Mr. Millis' lesson can be turned to good advantage...
...volumes in the Union, a collection which has been designated by Professor Copeland as the finest gentleman's library in the United States, and the Boylston Hall reading room for history, government, and economics. Fine Arts students will use the 10,000 books on that subject kept in Fogg Art Museum, while the science concentrators will spend much time in the various laboratory collections...
...When the person being tested put his foot on the accelerator, the cam of a motor selector switch was set revolving, turning the green light to amber in two seconds. Thereafter, at an unpredictable interval, the amber light turned red. As soon as he saw the red light the subject removed his foot from the accelerator, applied the brake. The time interval was electrically measured. The average reaction time was .43 sec. The fastest was .26 sec. The slowest was .90 sec. It was found that tall persons generally react a little more slowly than short people, no doubt because...
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTLAND AND THE ISLES-Stefan Zweig-Viking ($3.50). Unlike most figures of her time, Mary Stuart has become a historical mystery, not because of a lack of information about her, but because of a superabundance of contradictory evidence. Centre of controversy all her life, subject of inquiries and investigations, her reputation was darkened and defended by contemporary partisans who did not hesitate to employ torture and forgery to establish her guilt or innocence. To the confusions bred by religious antagonisms, Scottish and English national rivalries added more contradictions, until the personality of Mary Stuart was obscured, even...