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...that time another disturbing element had arisen. At the desks, where only Yankees had sat before, well-scrubbed Irish faces began to appear. Close on the heels of the Irish came dark-haired, nimble-brained Jews. Yankee families sent their sons out of the city to Andover, Exeter, Groton. Today 95% of Latin School boys are Irish or Jewish. Headmaster Joseph Lawrence Powers, a ruddy, white-thatched, billiard-playing Irishman, is the son of immigrants from County Cavan...
Selenium-Poisoned Wheat-Selenium, a poisonous metallic element related to sulphur, has been found in such quantities in the soil of Wyoming and South Dakota that Dr. Horace Greeley Byers, Government soil chemist, considered a warning advisable. Said he: "In a wide variety of plants, including wheat, growing upon those areas, selenium was present in concentrations ranging from traces up to quantities which are deadly to animals. In many cases the selenium present produced chronic diseases which may ultimately cause death. . . . Preventive measures should be taken. It seems, however, that no serious concern need be felt except in the areas...
While a knowledge of scientific methods is obviously a necessary element in education for modern life, this does not imply that one need have a zealot's interest in test-tubes and formulas, stresses and strains. For those whose passions are not aroused by the precise caress of the scientific goddess, little is gained by the manipulation of complex gadgets in the laboratory. A study of the history and philosophy of science would be for them far more significant...
...month, the Court should sustain certain vital sections of the NRA now under examination, Mr. Roosevelt probably will be able to force the Senate to comply with his wishes. In passing, one cannot help suggesting that now when time is such a precious element in the fate of the Blue Eagle, the President may not look on Professor Frankfurter with too fond feelings. It was the latter's advice that major court tests of the NRA be delayed. But that was when the Eagle soared merrily...
...present, anthropologists simply judge as closely as possible the color of the hair and eyes. These relatively crude judgements must serve to classify all features that cannot be measured by calipers and tape. Due to the personal element involved, very few observers are willing to agree on all points of judgement. Constant efforts are being made to develop new methods of measurement, to eliminate the "personal equation...