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...when conscientiously applied they cannot fail to shed a new light upon the most commonplace things. When chewing gum has fulfilled all its natural and unnatural functions, it may always be laid end to end and may be made to stretch as far as desirable. Cosmetics represent a fraction of the world's wealth, and cigarettes are statistically valuable as potential poisons. There is comfort in such realizations when the ordinary use of things palls, so that it may not be for nothing that statistics have lately been applied to pedestrians waiting for traffic signals in Times Square...
Thirteen such months give 364 days. But there are 365.242 days in each year. The 13th month and the extra day and a fraction are disposed of in this wise: The month is inserted in the calendar between June and July and called Sol, because during it would come the summer solstice. The full extra day would come at the end of the year and be called International Day, Dec. 29 or Jan. 0. There remains practically a quarter day, which every four years could be counted an accumulated full day. This would be inserted between June...
...handicap fall pole vault, held yesterday afternoon, F. B. Clark '28, who had been entered at scratch, cleared 12 feet and won the event. C. E. Dunlap '30 cleared a fraction under 11 feet, and with a one foot handicap, took second honors. R. R. Impink '28, with a nine-inch handicap, and F. V. Weeks '30, with a 15-inch handicap, both totalled 11 feet nine inches and tied for third...
...patriotism might conflict with Mr. La Dow's, albeit such public servants, as has Consul General Curtis, may have labored faithfully in the best interests of their country during 20 years and have received in addition to the personal satisfaction of patriotic duty well done, compensation but a fraction of their unavoidable expenses as American representatives, and, fittingly, the wholesome gratitude of archpatriots from Mansfield, Ohio...
Membership is something short of 1,000. Only a fraction are active members. There are about 300 actors. The rest are writers, painters, sculptors, playwrights, newspapermen and a few acknowledged patrons of the arts, of which Vincent Astor is most prominent. In glass cases on the wall of the club hang Booth's Hamlet and Shylock costumes, his pipes, the skull he used in Hamlet. It is a real skull. Tradition says it is the shell of a murdered man who willed it for Booth's use. Another treasured relic is Mark Twain's check...