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...rains fell all along the French front, the forces of le Maréchal Pétain took up impregnable positions fanning out toward the Mediterranean from Kifane to a distance of some 20 miles. At the extreme northeast tip of the fan, French troops were reported to be in contact near Syan with a Spanish force (see SPAIN) which had advanced thither from Ajdir...
...England's earthquake series, which she has been experiencing in mild instalments since September, 1924, was continued last week. Dean Kirtley F. Mather of the Harvard Observatory had predicted that the Merrimac Valley would be the region next disturbed, and sure enough, crockery fell, a crumbling chimney crashed, canned goods toppled from shelves in the general store at Ossipee, N. H., and court was suspended for five minutes. In neighboring towns folk ran to the streets to hear their old hills rumble. Then, the granite of New England being no more emotional than the people who dwell upon...
...Church, now stand alone, with the Church, now stand alone, with the Church exercising only a slight shadow of its former influence on the lives of men. This situation requires that Universities readjust themselves to the needs of the times and accept the full burden of that which formerly fell upon them only in part--of preparing men to live...
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS-Eugene O'Neill's sombre tragedy of the young wife who fell in love with the son of her harsh New England husband...
...attended school less than seven and a half months, a fourth less than five months, over an eighth less than three months. In schools having nine-month terms, the average attendance was 70%, compared with 60% in seven-month terms. Pupils who had less than 130 days of schooling fell a year and a half behind grade in reading and spelling ability...