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...TIME were to speak quite casually and parenthetically of "an address by Sen. James Thomas Heflin, the greatest statesman since Lincoln," its error would be no more astounding...
...will probably have been informed already that press reports led you into error in regard to the name of one of the recipients of a Nobel award [TIME, Dec. 20]. Dr. Svedberg's name is The and not, as the press assumed, Theodore. The error was very widespread, and I am writing this not as a complaint, but merely for your future information. It is not surprising that a name such as The should be assumed to be an abbreviation of Theodore...
Harvard last played Colgate in baseball in 1922, in a very close contest, resulting in a 2 to 1 victory for the Crimson. Although Colgate showed themselves hard and frequent hitters, the University nine through steady pitching and error less fielding, proved themselves the superior team...
...error: more space was given to that first of U. S. popular economists, Benjamin Franklin...
...invite your attention, please, to an apparent error on p. 21 (TIME, Nov. 29), under the heading MEDICINE, subhead "At Sea." The caption "USS" means "United States Ship" and is applied ONLY to ships of the Navy. The caption "SS" means "Steamship" and is used when referring to merchant vessels. Neither the Eastern Glade nor the West Calumb is a vessel of the United States Navy. The fact that the health of the crew sort of depended upon the Captain's knowledge of medicine, might create the wrong impression among civilians?fathers, mothers or other relatives of officers and enlisted...