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...Hoover's absence left Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann, half-sister of the Vice President, in undisputed command of Washington's official society. But buxom Mrs. Gann was unable to take full advantage of her position as acting First Lady because of a pesky cold that kept her within the vice-presidential suite at the Mayflower Hotel. She was determined to get well quickly because she had new and important political duties to perform. The Republican National Committee had arranged for her to address the Federation of Republican Women's Clubs at Detroit early this month. Soon thereafter...
...Harvard team, consisting of J. B. Cahn, O. M. Lurie, and F. L. Wiegand, defended the negative, emphasizing the fact that medical knowledge, command of the physical sciences, commerce and transportation, and especially the social sciences will be tremendous civilizing influences rather than objects of fear in the future...
...whole tenor of the article suggests a very hasty and inadequate command of both musical history and literature. For example, the Palestrina choral style which is known as that of the post-Trent period is entirely free from "incredible complexity". Dr. Pratt's statement that Gershwin shows possibilities of approaching such masters as Brahms and Mozart in choral effects and counterpoint is astonishing. Aside from the fact that the best choral works of Mozart and Brahms are of a serious nature, a careful analysis of the works reveals no similarity in either their construction or the final effects produced...
Around two sides of the terrain bends the Whangpoo River, thus putting much of the theatre of warfare at the mercy of Japanese fleet guns. Japan also possessed command of the air. Her land artillery was superior to the Chinese. Therefore, General Uyeda was not, from the Japanese standpoint, unduly optimistic when he planned to complete his entire drive within 18 hours. The drive was timed to begin on Japanese election day (see p. 22) and Premier Inukai of Japan assumed that in such circumstances his Seiyukai Party could not fail to win the Japanese Election...
While on the question, it will be interesting to see what Princeton and Yale believe. President Angell says, "We have been giving increasing weight to the school records made by the students before coming to Yale and to such evidence as we can command regarding essential personality." Princeton has developed a system which is in effect a balancing four components in a man's record, checking one against another. These four components are: (1) the candidate's school record, with greatest emphasis on the record of the final year and the numerical standing in the class at graduation, (2) combinations...