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...Another error is to infer that failure to enjoy the first year's work means that the more advanced work would be found dull. In French and German, for instance, the introductory course deals with the grammatical foundations of the language; the later courses are concerned for the most part, with literature. Those departments, therefore, should be thought of as dealing, like English, with literature, which cannot, of course, be reached except by wading through a certain amount of grammar...
That the University authorities made an error in judgment when they decided that dramatic teaching and training had no legitimate place in a college of liberal arts is the conclusion that must be drawn from today's announcements. Mr. Eddinger's magnificent scholarship is proof that training in this field of human artistry and endeavor can be organized in a similar manner to study in other brands of activity. A renaissance of American drama has long been heralded, and until the authorities acted otherwise, the prevalent opinion was that Harvard had a legitimate place as one of the leaders...
...past tense of the word "broadcast is exactly the same as the present tense; this grammatical error is quite likely to strike the eye of the educated, to which element it is presumed TIME caters...
Bombing Accuracy: A bomb dropped from 12,000 feet requires 28 seconds to fall, during which time a 21-knot ship travels almost 1,000 feet. Because of weight limitation, airplane sights are inaccurate; and yet an error of one-half degree will place the bomb 100 feet out in a 12,000-foot fall. So a zigzagging ship would be hard...
...long unknown fact became public last week. The coat of arms of West Point Military Academy, borne for many a year, was discovered to have been adopted with a number of wretched errors in heraldry. It consists of a helmet, pierced by a sword pointing diagonally downward, imposed upon a vertically striped shield. The whole is surmounted by an eagle. The direction of the sword was from upper right to lower left, the same as the "bar" or, more correctly, the "bend-sinister" (denoting illegitimacy). The eagle faced to the right so that, when carried on a banner, it faced...