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Unexpected is hardly the word for that ending, it is fabulous! Lo, what does our good Walter do but marry the girl, and settle down to a life as a farmer, leaving his great financial business, his New York apartment and his four menservants in the lurch. The reader is expected to sympathize with this move, and, if the experience of the reviewer is any criterion, fails pitifully. All this despite the assistance of a scene at the end, when a New York swell of Mr. Overlook's acquaintance hits the trail to Maine to find out what has happened...
...pharse "athletics for all" rapidly becomes less of a catch-word and more of an actuality as definite steps continue to be taken in the direction of really attaining athletic facilities for everyone. The announcement that sixteen new tennis courts and six acres of playing field are being laid out near the Business School is accordingly a comforting sign; it is one more evidence that the new Harvard athletic policy is a sincere project as well as a high-minded platform...
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Theosophist, "Vehicle of the World Teacher," "Bringer of the Word," "spiritual son" of Mrs. Annie Besant, sailed from the U. S. last week, wearing a grey lounge suit, tan shoes and spats, and reading Elmer Gantry...
...angels, even though we have hitherto hesitated to endow them officially with wings." Further Motions Carried: 1) The letters "P A N"* were adopted as the airman's code call for help, except in cases of extreme distress, when "S O S"š will be used. 2) The word "aerodina" will be submitted to all governments with the recommendation that it replace the present usage (i. e.: "aeroplane" in English, aeronaut in French, luft-schiff in German, arioplano in Italian, etc.). 3) Aerodinas must hereafter keep to the left when following railway tracks, roads, rivers, etc.; and when crossing...
...Germany and the U. S. are not represented. *First three letters of the French word panne, meaning "difficulty." The English flying term, "pancake," a verb describing a method of coming to earth with supporting surfaces of the ship flattened to retard the descent and prevent somersaulting, does not connote disaster though fliers are sometimes obliged to "pancake" when damage to their controls or weather and ground conditions make other tactics impossible. šThe original marine distress signal was "C Q D" ("Come Quick Danger"). This was replaced by the simplest and most unmistakable code letters "S O S " (. . . . - - - . .). To these...