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When Henry Ford examined Lawrence Sperry's Messenger Plane at the Detroit Aviation races of 1922, he pronounced it possible to build such small planes in production more cheaply than his own well-known product. Ever since, frequent rumors have credited the great manufacturer as planning the construction of an army of "flivver"' airplanes to make flying as popular as automobiling. But the Fords are wiser than to imagine that this is immediately possible. They are, indeed, in aviation, but not building airplanes, nor trying to popularize them...
...classroom men constantly enjoy the best obtainable presentation of more conservative attitudes. It can only be a foolish fear of having a comfortable system upset that shrinks from hearing an able statement of radical views. The intellectual stimulation obtained from radical outside speakers can hardly be too frequent; and if there is little active official encouragement to their appearance, the more reason to seize the occasion when it is offered...
...transferred to the University this fall, after two years at Yale, where he distinguished himself in literary affairs. He was fence orator of his class and was a Cup man on the Yale Record. In addition he was a frequent contributor to the Yale Literary Magazine, and various other publications...
...result was a succession of experiments and shifts throughout the season before the most effective combination was settled. Despite the frequent changes in the line-up Coach Wachter perfected a degree of teamwork which completely made up for the absence of individual stars...
...mistake more frequently made is to suppose that a mediocre grade indicates mediocrity later. In examining the records of Seniors who did excellent work in special subjects I have been struck with the frequent cases of men who did only fairly well in the introductory course. That was especially the case where the training at school had not been good...