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More than half of the rooms in the Yard have defective wiring, it has been discovered as a result of the investigation new being carried on under the supervision of A. L. Endicott '94, comptroller of the University. The most common difficulties are spliced wires, cords fastened to the woodwork, and extensions longer than the legal length. Insufficiency of baseplugs, especially in the elder rooms, is the main cause of the trouble...
...three persons most concerned with the result of the Grand National were not at Aintree. One was Emilio Scala, the proprietor of a coffee shop in London, who had Grakle's ticket in the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. Another was Clayton C. Woods, the woodwork inspector at Fisher Body's Shops in Buffalo, N. Y. The third was George P. Dyamond, who runs a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa and who, because he had been unable to sell a half interest in his ticket on Annandale...
...design for the problem: "A church and parish house of a style in harmony with the traditions of early America." Explaining his adeptness with pen and brush, he told newshawks that he had been drawing since he was eight years old. "My father, who is a designer of architectural woodwork, used to give me his drawings to copy. He used to give me $1 for each copy I made. It made me feel pretty important. I didn't realize that his real object simply was to keep me out of trouble...
...baby water wizard." As Gar Wood's mechanic he won many a race in boats built by his father.* Chris-Crafts tenders are popular among yachtsmen (General Motors' Alfred Pritchard Sloan recently bought one for his new yacht, the René) because the hardware and woodwork of each one is contrived to harmonize with that of the mother ship. Of every 100 Chris-Craft boats turned out in Algonac, 13 are destined to zoom over foreign waters. Scandinavians use them as a means of commuting among the fjords and inlets. Many are shipped to Australia. The only practical...
...Caligula's. Treasure hunters since the 15th century have tried to raise the barge, un successfully and to its great damage. Some years ago one adventurer yanked loose a lead pipe. On it was an inscription which referred to Caligula. The float was decorated with marble, mosaics and carved woodwork...