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...North America's chief wild duck nursery-the prairies of North Dakota and Montana in the U. S., Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta in Canada-to find out what was happening to the ducks before they started South. The surveyors found the region, from a duck's viewpoint, in a sorry state. Where ducks once thrived and multiplied they were now dying by thousands. Causes: 1) farming; 2) drought. Farmers have drained and ploughed under or turned into grazing larid 80% of the small bodies of water which once dotted the land. Half the rest have dried up. Many...
...Frick announced after anxious cogitation that the plebiscite question will be put in highly personal language on the ballot thus: "Dost thou, German man or German woman, approve of the policy of the Reich government, and art thou ready to acknowledge this policy as the expression of thy own viewpoint and will and solemnly pledge thyself thereto...
...night. We tried to sleep but couldn't do it. ... The air of super-seriousness that marked all our actions was depressing. ... I have come to the conclusion that the best plan for the United States to follow next year is to select a man with a youthful viewpoint, a man possessing international background, to direct the team. ... A man like Frank Hunter or Vinny Richards, for I see no logical objection to a professional ... ; or Dick Williams, if the U. S. L. T. A. insists on an amateur...
...Council suggested that Mr. Luce, the Regent, assume the duties. It would seem more desirable for the Council to appoint a single student to this office, for an undergraduate necessarily carries a more sympathetic viewpoint to the resolution of conflicts. House Committee Chairmen should be required to register their activities with this student, and plan their House functions under his direction. Tea Dances, formals, discussion groups, important dinners and speeches, musical entertainments, plays--all these should be registered. It might be well to have occasional conferences of House Committee Chairmen, called by the Student Council appointee, to decide what conflicts...
...Subcommittee 36 of the Economic Committee last week unanimously resolved to promote a study of diseases of the coconut palm. Equally unimportant to most delegates seemed the sailing from England last week of No. 1 Brain Trusty Raymond Moley, whose visit was a fizzle from the Conference viewpoint since it turned out that he, hailed on his arrival in London as "Moley, Moley, Moley, Lord God Almighty." did not in fact come empowered to speak with authority for President Roosevelt...