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...those self-appointed intellectual aristocrats who contend mildly that decay in some forms is wholesome, we reply with philosophic broad-mindedness that they may be right. If they are, let us have done with sham. Let us admit that Princeton no longer can compete with her ancient rivals. Let us ask Williams, Amherst, and Wesleyan whether they will take us in. An immediate and never-failing reason alleged for our cloud-swept athletic horizon is, of course, curricular difficulty. Being neither the Oxford nor the Cambridge of America, Princeton-so the story goes-is seeking to become the Harvard...
...children crippled by contracted and misplaced jaws, when relieved of these afflictions, generally put on weight and exhibit better mentality? Why does pregnancy usually interfere with the calcification balance, and why do women, particularly of the poorer classes, at this critical time often suffer severely from galloping decay'? These are a few of the many questions before the earnest investigator who never tires of asking why! There is still much to be learned about the causes and treatment of the deformities of the teeth and treatment of the deformities of the teeth and jaws, about the relation of biological chemistry...
...Cathedral of Chartres, delicate, lacelike, had been built in Hartford, Conn., it would probably by this time be a chipped and crumbling mass. Reason: U. S. climate is inimical to fine sculptural stonework. Last week Sculptor George Grey Barnard had much to say about the decay of the medieval sculptures in the famed Cloisters established by himself in upper Manhattan and later purchased by John Davison Rockefeller Jr. for Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum. Most of this outdoor statuary has disintegrated more in its 20 years in the U. S. than in the preceding six centuries in Europe. Even the indoor...
Photographers last week prepared to take huge, detailed pictures of Michelangelo's magnificent paintings in Rome's Sistine Chapel. Reason: the Michelangelos must be treated for chemical decay in the paint, damp air and dust effects, carbon deposits from the smoke of holy candles. The photographs will be used to check the restorative process...
William Vincent Astor has been interested in mechanics ever since, in his late teens, he greasily dismembered his Franklin automobile. During the War his mechanical bent led him to ships, and he rose from U. S. ensign to lieutenant, served in foreign waters. Nor did his interest in ships decay with peace. Last year there was delivered to him the Nourmahal, biggest oil-burning yacht in the world. Since its owner is Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, the Nourmahal is the Club flagship. Indeed the Astor interest in the sea is so great as to be almost exclusive...