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...bills in U. S. rural theatres, are not good enough for grownups. Nonetheless, its scenery, its legends and its way of life make the U. S. Far West ideal cinematerial. Last week cinemaddicts were reminded of this fact by the release of two new "Westerns" which, made with high-grade casts and traditional respect for their subject, were each, in different ways, notable...
...neighboring Paramount, was Artie Shaw, young pretender to the throne, and his band, which in six months has zoomed to fame on the strength of a few rousing records. A clear-cut battle for supremacy was forecast: the theatres are of approximately equal size; each was showing a Grade B film; and the acts accompanying the bands were similar. Both leaders are ace clarinetists...
...Upperclassmen," wrote President Lowell eight years ago, "are doing work of a university grade, but it is too often distinct and separate from other things and other men." The should improve themselves by "contact with fellows interested not only in the same subject but in different ones. The should profit by deepening and broadening their associations." In the past few months a practical method of achieving this aim has been quietly developed in Lowell House, a method which deserves attention not only because of the ends in view but also because of the means themselves...
...candidate's aptitude for adjustment to the professional duties of the service, and another examination covering the fundamentals of that particular field which the candidate intends to enter. The first test counts 30 percent, the second 70 percent, and in order to be eligible, the competitor must make a grade equivalent to at least 70 percent in each of these two sections...
...separating ores from waste, using liquids of higher specific gravity than water, has been used for nearly a century. For over three decades E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has been trying to devise an economical flotation method for separating impurities such as shale and slate from low-grade anthracite coal. For "parting liquids," they needed mixtures of controllable specific gravity up to three times that of water. Pentachlorethane and tetrabromethane filled this bill-after the Du Pont men worked out a way to use them over & over again cheaply...