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...feature of the first issue was a caricature of hog-jowled Mayor John Patrick O'Brien, modeled in clay by Alan Foster (see p. 16). Pages are devoted to digests of what Manhattan newspaper colyumists, theatre and film reviewers have written during the week. There is a detailed chart of theatres, restaurants, speakeasies, etc. indicating average prices of seats, food, drinks. Also there is a series of faithful sketches of speakeasy interiors. First two subjects: Editor Anthony's favorites-Barney's and Frank & Jack...
...with the Oak Ridge plant being devoted to research exclusively. The present equipment has proved inadequate for accurate recording of earth shocks, being so insufficiently insulated from outside disturbances that people walking on the stairs of the Museum produce an effect similar to a good-sized earthquake on its chart. The new station will increase recording accuracy about 100 per cent...
...very much experimental. Taking the stand that "the swollen and unwholesome concern with mere admission to college" is greatly over-emphasized, the Foundation objects to both certification and admission by examination as criterions of a student's eligibility to enter college. Instead, the report recommends "a true chart and record of the pupil's activities" to show his fitness for further study, and to give an indication of the most suitable field for him. In addition tests are suggested to give an accurate survey of the pupil's "present" knowledge...
...each of 3,000 commodities (steel, cement, wheat, corn, cotton, etc. etc.) there will be a chart to show the amount of energy expended each year in production, the number of men employed, working hours, volume produced and flow of goods. By last week about 150 charts were completed and the Technocrats permitted themselves a first bit of publicity...
...night, or in a fog. the electric eye sweeps the horizon. When it encounters an iceberg it loses heat. This loss of heat is recorded, the position of the iceberg determined. Now Macneil is trying to make it record even the infra-red rays from the stars, to chart a ship's position at night...