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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sermon that during the maneuvers might occur the "incident" that would bring on the Japanese war which, said he, the U. S. is courting. Finally, to the chorus which up to this week had elicited only polite acknowledgments in Washington was added the voice of Sherwood Eddy, able Y. M. C. A. man, author of many a book on the Orient. To 400 preachers and pedagogs he sent a letter in which he objected not to naval maneuvers in general but to holding any part of them in the Aleutian Islands-about 400 miles from Japan...
...claims that, in his lifetime of water polo, he never gave a "busy signal." He attributes his family's success to a diet prescribed by Mrs. Ruddy, no smoking or drinking by any Ruddy, the fact that the Ruddys never overdo. That N. Y. A. C. water polo teams, since the game was imported by an Englishman named Fred Wells in 1885, have been the best in the U. S. is due largely to Joe Ruddy Sr. But it is also largely his fault that they have not won more championships. In 1911, in Pittsburgh, the New York Athletic...
Rich, suburban Bronxville, N. Y., has one of the most progressive and expensive school systems in the land. From nursery school up, Bronxville youngsters have much their own say about what they study, how they study it. When a subject must be covered, teachers make it so attractive that pupils imagine they are choosing it themselves. In junior high school English, mathematics and the social sciences are required. Elective subjects emphasized are French, German and Latin-all previously offered in grammar school. Senior high school students take, in addition to regular college preparatory work, "creative" courses like art, dramatics, handicraft...
...Vernon, N. Y., some nudists calling themselves The Nudist Theatre Guild recruited a few professional actors and put on a half-clothed version of the old stock company chestnut, retitled The Girl from Childs in 1950. Beforehand the director had announced: "Serious [i. e., stark naked] presentation is not possible at present. We have to cope with the law. The cast will wear as little as possible." The pressagent said: "As was the case when Columbus spoke of a new route to India, tremendous obstacles have been placed in the way of the new enterprise. . . . protests. . . . boycott. . . . We have refused...
...Lynbrook, N. Y., John W. Martin, driving a wagon laden with half a ton of apple, custard and lemon meringue pies, collided with an automobile, was extricated by a boys' baseball team who ate their...