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...million dollars worth of enemy shipping, mostly British, without the loss of a single life. True, the Emden sailed the Pacific under a British flag, disguised, with the aid of a disappearing canvas funnel, as the British cruiser Yarmouth. But within 1,000 yds. of her prey the behavior of the Emden was always scrupulously correct. Down came the flag and the dummy funnel; out broke the German ensign...
...series of recent experiments," he said, "33 tests of cheating behavior were devised and applied to children from nine to 14 years of age. These tests were conducted largely in the classroom but some of them pertained to the action of children at parties and in the home. To insure accurate results the experiments were necessarily made in a disguised manner...
...conclusions which these men reached were the most interesting feature of the address. "There is no difference in the cheating behavior of children of different sex, nor does difference in age between the years of nine and 14 affect their deceitful conduct. Intelligence, however, is a significant factor, as is the economic and social status of the children's homes...
...broken, whereby no woman has been guillotined in France since 1887. But kindly "Gastounet" ended by commuting all four death sentences to penal servitude for life. They will never go free. "Life imprisonment" in the U. S. often means 20 years in jail, with time off for good behavior. In France it is a sentence that means just what it says...
...Institute intends no reorganization of the University's present departments. Instead, each department will contribute to the Institute's study of all factors of human behavior and relations. Biologists, psychologists, economists, sociologists will join in the study of applied sciences like law, medicine, psychiatry. The Institute will be directed by the deans of the Graduate, Medical, and Law Schools, one social scientist, one natural scientist...