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...appointing Professor James B. Munn head of the new Committee on Concentration, the Faculty has selected a man in every respect qualified for so important a post. It is apparent that the Committee will concern itself primarily with individual problems, for an understanding of which Professor Munn has proved himself peculiarly gifted...
Nothing seems to be out of the ordinary for the staff which works with love letters of famous authors, maps of the Maya region, crasures and dim watermarks on ancient manuscripts which can be better seen in the light of mercury lamps, and records of criminal cases which concern Harvard. The largest material handled was a map six feet square which was reduced to 18 inches...
From Helsingfors to Honolulu last week seismologists watched their instruments with sharp concern. Mother Earth seemed to be twitching all over like an old fly-pestered mare, sorely frightening millions of her inhabitants...
Rare among musicians is Pianist Artur Schnabel, the squareheaded little Austrian who refuses to publicize himself and chooses his programs to suit his own taste. To his manager's concern, Schnabel would play only Beethoven at his concerts last year. But when the box-office takings were reckoned he had proved to be an outstanding success of the season...
...half of which was in cash or liquid paper. During the past 30 years it has sold more than 22,000,000 automobiles, approximately the total number on the road today. Its principal stockholder once turned down an offer of a billion dollars for the company as a going concern. Since it was founded in 1903 with $28,000 of paid-in capital, it has grossed a few hundred millions in excess of $11,000,000,000, retained as net gain nearly $800,000,000. No man in all history has made so much money so quickly or so cleanly...