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Meanwhile, it was understood, Secretary Mellon conferred with Republican leaders in Pennsylvania to have the delegation of that state to the next Convention go uninstructed. This is a direct blow at Mr. Pinchot, extra-dry Governor of Pennsylvania...
That he can be thus serene may be accounted for, of course, in two ways. When he takes up his pen he has no axe to grind, no literary "set" to placate, no flickering reputation to blow into a flame, and no disingenuous criticism to fear. And then there is that twinkle of the eye, that ability to "see things steadily and see them whole", which precludes his ever entering into the hurly-burly of purely temporary arenas. Critical judgement has long since discovered and frequently used the word which best describes his writings; it is the word "universal...
...many misfortunes have fallen of late years among Yale athletics that it seems almost as if the hand of Fate was unfairly active in New Haven. The accident which O'Hearn suffered on Saturday is a heavy blow both to the football team and to the man himself. Yale has pinned high hopes upon this famous athlete, and the latter has doubtless been looking to his last season of football as an opportunity to realize to its full extent his usual ability. Members of the University who have seen his fine sportsmanship on the Yale university teams for two years...
Bobby Cruickshank, Shackamaxon (N. J.) professional, who tied for open champion with Bobby Jones in July and later failed to qualify for the professional championship at Pelham, holed out on a 292-yd. hole (the twelfth, short course) at the Westchester-Biltmore (N. Y.) with a single blow of his cleek...
...astronomers for the most part took the blow philosophically. They have learned by years of patient experience that the wonders of the heavens are no respecters of mere human beings. Many of the expeditions went through their programs regardless, took long-exposure pictures, and attempted to measure heat changes and refraction in almost total darkness, but there is little hope that any data of value will result. At least two of the expeditions were insured against bad weather?the first time in astronomical history that such precautions have been taken...