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...that is not the grass of the Yard. When the bovine and divine contact little is left of the Aristotelian ambition for a thinking man--and yet--one must admit that the stones of Widener steps grow no softer with the years. So perhaps these Rousseauistic recumbants are a bit justified--perhaps...
This same theory applies to a good quarter-miler. With a bit of speed work towards the end of training, the coach invariably finds his man able to give a good account of himself. Both Allen Woodring and Charles Reidpath won I. C. A. A. A. A. 220 titles while concentrating on preparations for the quartermile...
...rather insulting bit of bombast, this. No preparatory school youth can fail to sense from afar the intellectual superiority that is Harvard's. Pity it is that be must put his ear to the ground in doubtful expectation of ever hearing a human sound to urge him hither! A Crimson Reader (Female...
...part of the state. Cyrus E. Woods, former Ambassador, is managing Mr. Pepper's campaign. He is Dry and his issue is support of the Administration. The second candidate is Governor Pinchot, fighting for nomination on the ground that he is Dryer than Pepper. He has a good bit of the church vote and also of the miner vote-important in Pennsylvania. The third is Congressman William S. Vare, boss of the Philadelphia machine, out and out Wet, who hopes to gain at least part of the miner vote and the urban vote by his Wetness. The possible permutations...
...Manhattan, the American League of Professional Women held a music forum luncheon last week. Two guests of honor were given the same topic: "What shall we do about jazz?" They were Dr. John Roach Straton, fundamentalist Baptist, and Marguerite d'Alvarez, Peruvian contralto. Dr. Straton rose first, bit off his words, said loudly, severely...