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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Referring to Mr. Bob de Lany's criticism of your use of the word "whop" [TIME, Sept. 13], and your query as to whether readers agree with this gentleman...
Recommendation: "That the use of cameras in the courtroom should be only with the knowledge and approval of the trial judge and the consent of counsel for the accused in criminal cases and of counsel for both parties in civil cases...
...while the decibel is an objective measure of a sound's physical intensity, the phon is a subjective measure of its apparent loudness to the ear. There has been some difficulty with phons in international exchanges of research results because in the U. S. the decibel was generally used as a loudness unit as well as an intensity unit and in England and Germany different zero levels, different frequencies for the reference tone and different listening techniques were in use. At a recent international conference in Paris these differences were ironed out and a standard phon scale agreed...
Coach Carr has ordered his entire squad to dress for the contest, planning to use a full roster. As for the starting lineup, some doubt now exists because of a leg injury of unknown seriousness, suffered in practice yesterday by Joseph C. Bradley '39, fullback substitute for Captain Dick Powell, who was sidelined with a leg injury on the previous...
This year, as last, the pool will be open for ladies on Monday evening only between 7:30 and 9:30 o'clock, and the charge, including use of swimming suit and towel is $5 for the year, or 35c for a single evening. An instructor will give 12 lessons for $5, single lessons for 50c each...