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School: Maryland youngsters leave school, on the average, at the end of the ninth grade. Most thought their education had helped them enjoy life, but three out of ten believed it had not helped them much to earn a living. Yet the fact is that the high-school graduate is paid 50% more than the youngster who did not finish elementary school...
From Berlin last week came news that technicians of Siemens & Halske Co. had developed a ''super-microscope" with a magnifying power far surpassing that of ordinary high-grade instruments. To obtain its supermagnification, the German instrument uses beams of electrons instead of waves of light...
...within the camera's focus. They seem to have to compensate for physical restriction by overemoting. Twenty hours of rehearsal are required for an hour of telecasting (an average of four hours for an hour in broadcasting). The dramatic material should be artistically equivalent at least to a Grade B movie, and the problem of scaring up enough of it to run even one television station all year round is fairly staggering. The live drama now being put out by NBC is about on a par with an early Biograph Film, minus Mary Pickford...
...first time since mid-March The Annalist index of wholesale commodity prices moved upward. High-grade bonds continued a steady improvement begun six weeks ago. The stock market after a 1½ month long irregular rise notable even in the depressed railroad and public utilities, stood still-but odd-lot traders, who have been buying against the trend, suddenly switched to selling...
...Students who have difficulty can often gent hints how to improve their examination technique by seeing their past errors. Others might feel that injustice was being done: even "crabbers" have some right to be head. Furthermore, it would be desirable for examinations to be open for discussion before the grades are turned in, for it takes a vote of the faculty to alter a grade once it ahs reached the records in University Hall...