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When announcement was made three years ago of Harvard's Nieman Fellowships, it was regarded by men of the trade as a possible means of giving American newspaperdom a real boost. The Nieman Foundation offered no cure-all for journalistic degeneracy wherever it might lie. It proposed to do its part toward raising the standards of journalism by taking promising young reporters and editorial writers from every corner of the nation and exposing them for a year to all known data and theory on the practices of the newspaper world. This has been the exact course followed by the Foundation...
First to make ready is Birmingham's godfather, T. C. I. Last week, as Alabama steel mills roared at 100% of capacity (Iron Age said 109%), tall, redheaded, reticent T. C. I. Chief Robert Gregg announced the 18-month expansion which will boost his pig-iron capacity more than 20% to over 2,000,000 tons. Steelman Gregg will add one blast furnace (boosting Alabama's active total to 191, renovate 18 standing open-hearth furnaces, build 70 coke ovens, install a 140-inch plate mill, modernize all mining operations...
Thirteen centuries ago Mohammed gave a spiritual and material boost to his native Mecca by calling upon his followers to make a pilgrimage thither at least once in their lifetimes. Pious Moslems have been making the Haj ever since, thus gaining the privilege of: 1) being called Haji (pilgrim), 2) wearing green turbans, 3) dyeing their beards red with pounded hennaleaves...
...that Felix got his biggest publicity boost, making all the papers "across to San Francisco" (pronounce chisco). A certain Reverend Frank Chase of the Watch and Ward Society lodged complaint against Felix for the sale of the American Mercury; which contained an article deemed injurious to American morals. While Felix was sentenced to a $100 fine, the American Mercury continued to sell briskly in Puritan Boston without interference from the authorities. The nation's press took up the cause of the Little Man and by its moral support more than recompensated Felix for his financial loss...
...last football pep rally was held before the Princeton game last fall and attracted a large crowd to cheer the team on. Time and again Dick Harlow has gone on record in favor of student demonstrations. It gave the a big boost before the Tigertown invasion last October and may be just what is needed to swing the balance against the Cadets tomorrow...