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...shines, the museum takes on fresh interest. Some will decry this rejuvenation of the Fogg's "poor step-sister" as a concession to casual taste; but in an age when so many interests compete for attention, it appears a legitimate way of making Mr. Busch's gift a going concern...
...Relativity. The Dutch scientist conceives the universe as being slowly "blown up like a soap-bubble," an idea even more bewildering to the layman than Einstein's "warped space." Though this question is complex enough to make even astronomers' heads swim, its nevertheless illustrative of other disputes that should concern the average man and his beliefs...
Sugar-coated Hearts. The heart itself is contained in a double sack, or pericardium. The inner sack fits snugly against the heart. The outer sack is just big enough to let the heart expand comfortably. Often enough to concern doctors the sacks become inflamed, from pneumonia, rheumatic fever and other infectious diseases. The sacks may stick together. Or the outer sack may adhere to the inside of the chest wall or to the upper side of the diaphragm. Or fibrous bands may develop and constrict the heart. During early pericardiac inflammation, Dr. Lewis Atterbury Conner of Cornell University pumps...
...letters should never received consideration in the columns of a newspaper. Usually they are the work of a crank; invariably their authors are unwilling to acknowledge the opinions expressed; but whatever the subject, they can only be disregarded. By its very publication of the letter, the Maroon showed its concern over the unsuccessful teams Chicago has had during the last five years; without making editorial comment, it asked that other interested keep the discussion open. Was all the festivity of a fortnight ago a more gesture? Or was it evidence of true sentiment and devotion? Support of losing coaches...
...exultance of tables, soup spoons, and other material objects has troubled metaphysicians for centuries, but it has scarcely disturbed the ordinary man. In the last week the question of the real existence of war, although undisputed in a general sense, has in a special instance become a subject of concern to the whole world. For unless Japan and China can be brought to admit that they are at war, the Kellogg pact cannot be invoked to force steps toward peace in the Far East...