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...going to write a novel about an American girl who will call everything either 'swell' or 'lousy.' I expect she'll be lousier than she is swell. You spoil your women. We spoil our men. They can stand it better. Women turn out best in adversity. It may be hard on their youth and beauty, but it's good for their character. . . . [Novelist Priestley has begotten one daughter...
...complete freedom that the University is allowed in its use. Large endowments are too often for some particular purpose. The result is an irregular growth which tends to keep current expenses high and raises rather than lowers the cost of a college education. Unconditional bequests such as this swell the sometimes neglected endowment funds and help to lessen the expensive discrepancy that often exists in the Universities between the endowed and the unendowed branches...
...John Arthur Wilson, 40, consulting chemist of Milwaukee. Wis. Dr. Wilson was judged worthy of the medal (given for outstanding achievement in colloid chemistry) for his seven years' study of leather. He had found that the dimensions of leather are affected by changes in relative humidity, that shoes swell, pinching tender feet, when wet weather approaches. By using special tanning materials, he proved to shoe manufacturers that this foot-squeeze can be reduced two-thirds. He also demonstrated to shoemen that by proper tanning they could make a shoe waterproof from the outside, at the same time allow perspiration...
...counter sword play, wherein statement was made that TIME is neutral on Prohibition as on all other national issues. You then openly retaliated. While assigning sincerity to the man, you took occasion to say that he also cherished a selfish motive in writing as he did: namely, to swell the coffers of the Christian Century. In that respect he is no more selfish than the Literary Digest, the Pathfinder, or many a damp American daily. Are they not using Prohibition as an advertising scheme to increase circulation? Yet I have never seen your paper take insinuating cracks at them...
...they have there learned, if they did, not already know, how to speak and write good English. A list made public in University Hall yesterday reveals that English A is still the most populous course, with History 1. claiming 703, in second place again. Concentration, distribution, and language requirements swell the ranks of Government 1, 562: Economics A. 544; German A. 510; Mathematics A. 487; French 2, 464 (a decrease of 89 over last year's figure): Philosophy A. 260; Geology 4, 253; Philosophy In, 245; English 32, 230; Chemistry A. 230 Biology A. 219; and English...