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Featured in the May issue of the Advocate, appearing at the newsstands tomorrow afternoon will be an article "The Public School Man at Harvard," by F. E. Sweetzer, Jr. '36, C. L. Sulzberger '34, president of the Advocate announced yesterday. Comparison will be made between public school and private school men in their scholastic, social, athletic, and extra-curricular careers...
When the Leonid meteors coursed through the upper air last November, Astronomer Olivier had 14 scattered observers chart the meteor trails. Comparison of data showed the meteors traveling 90 to 142 m. p. h. The faster ones began to glow from atmospheric friction when 84 mi. from earth's surface. At 54 mi. they burned themselves out. Two of the meteors spattered luminescent trains behind them, which Astronomer Olivier's men saw floating 50 to 60 mi. aloft. Wind drove one train upward at an angle of 55 degrees and a speed of 142 m. p. h. Wind...
...diverse courses in the field of Biology, Botany 2 is perhaps the most enjoyable. Certainly this can be said for the department of Botany itself, a unit small enough for accurate comparison...
Horse racing, generally accepted the world over as the "king of sports," and dog racing are on a par with each other in a point-by-point comparison. Nowhere that both are legally permitted is dog racing looked upon with less dignity than horse racing...
...comparison with Long Beach. Los Angeles only got a good shaking. Nevertheless, of the 375 schools in the Los Angeles School District, 142 suffered earthquake damage. Parents could be thankful that the shock did not hit until late afternoon. Gimcrackery in the prevailing neo-Gothic style fell in cruel heaps, would have mangled children trying to escape...