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...vacation program almost any enterprising young man can do far better. He can fill the whole or part of his summers with activities which, while they may not bring him immediate financial returns, will round out his experience. He will thus acquire a real asset--for other business men doubtless think as does the one quoted...
...recent issue of the Lampoon there was a cartoon--intentionally ridiculous of course--which depicted the Main Reading Room of Widener Library as it would appear on January 3, 1928. Every seat was vacant and cobwebs adorned the walls. Just how humorous he really was, the artist doubtless had no idea--assuming that humor is an exaggerated perversion of the truth. January 3, 1928, came and Widener's halls were comfortably filled. There appeared to be on difference in routine from post-holiday attendance in other years. And yet a remarkable change had been and still is being effected...
...will doubtless be interested to know of the journey which some of our TIME magazines have made...
...when Nikolai Lenin's dictatorship was six days old, Diarist Nicholas Romanov was still in ignorance of its existence and jotted placidly: "Today is the birthday of dear mama* and the 23rd anniversary of our marriage. At noon we heard prayers. The choir muddled and sang false, doubtless from lack of practice." Three days later the shattering news reached even Tobolsk. Nicholas the Last pondered well, then wrote: "It is disgusting to read in the papers what happened a fortnight ago in Petrograd and Moscow." Perhaps the true import of "what happened" was not realized by His Majesty, sheltered...
...first prize is First Vice-President of the Woman's National Democratic Club. Two of the other slogans submitted were issued for publication. One from Washington said: "My eye! We're dry!" One from California said: "You bet! We're wet!" As the women Democrats doubtless knew, most famed political slogans have either been struck-off in the heat of great partisan moments or have emerged from nowhere to win no prizes for their anonymous authors. In a bygone day, a slogan contest would have seemed as absurd as the idea of women voting. Fancy a dame...