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...week a letter written by La Caglio in the form of a last will and testament turned the whole trial topsy-turvy. "Who knows what will happen to me?" said the letter, ferreted out by a newsman and subpoenaed by the court. "I have too many Christian scruples to commit suicide, but knowing both Montagna and Piccioni, I am afraid to disappear without leaving a trace of myself. Unfortunately for myself, I have learned that Ugo is the chief of a dope ring responsible for the disappearance of many women. He is the brains of this organization, while Piero Piccioni...
...whose job it it to please everyone, Heamen is quite successful. In line with this policy, he does not commit himself on whether or not Adams House has the best food and other such ticklish questions. As for the quality of the food, Heamen says only, "We try to supply the best food for the money--$14.00 a week...
...your Feb. 8 picture captioned "Prizewinner Fraley Has Her Wish": when you inform the world that Mrs. Walter R. Fraley is ... running a "manually operated handcar," you commit mayhem and drag railroad jargon about by the ears. As boy and man I've functioned as a boomer on 86 pikes as brass pounder, shack, tallow pot, gandy dancer, hoghead* and so forth, from Alaska to Cape Horn; and because I've worked on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad a short hitch, I am sure that a velocipede or "speeder" is not called a handcar on that streak...
Transforming Minds. In 1944 Pusey went back to Appleton as president of Lawrence College. By that time he had come to the conclusion that a whole dimension was missing from U.S. education. Like his old Professor Irving Babbitt, he felt that "too many modern teachers commit the error of teaching students to see the evils and shortcomings of society without at the same time pointing out the evils that exist in them [selves]." The purpose of liberal education was not merely to impart knowledge; it was also to "transform personality by transforming minds ... But they [cannot be] transformed ... by materials...
Fellowips will be granted to student who are interested but who are not ready to commit themselves fully to theological careers. Students will be allowed one year's trial study at any one of the 76 schools accredited by the Association...