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Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to or corrective of news previously published in TIME...
...christening was done by two local young women, Miss Genevieve Parker, champion dog team driver, and Mrs. Emma Delavergne, wife of the Mayor. A beribboned bottle was broken against the nose of each machine, but the bottle did not contain champagne, which is a lost word in Alaska. The odor that came from the ruck of glass and red, white and blue silk was the odor of aviation gasoline, raw and pungent...
Herewith are excerpts from letters come to the desks of the editors during the past week. They are selected primarily for the information they contain either supplementary to or corrective of news previously published tn TIME...
Undoubtedly, such publications are now unfortunately extreme. They cannot be defended in their gross descents into pornography. Though vulgar they are rarely vicious. The moral they ostensibly convey, however inartistic, is usually above reproach. Only a few which contain rehashed drummer's tales and ribald witticisms are coarse. The pseudo-art magazines despite their unmistakably sexual appeal may not be without some value in creating a whole some frankness...
...reading rooms will be connected with the more remote stacks by a barrage of pneumatic tubes which will speedily supply any books requested. Since such a large number of Yale's students commute from nearby towns, there will be a so-called "Non-Resident's Room" which will contain thoroughly adequate cloak room facilities, seats, encyclopedias and reference books for 300 students. Adjoining this room will be the Andrews Loan Library, which has about 10,000 textbooks which may be used by self-supporting students. Many self-supporting students will have the opportunity of getting employment on the library...