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TIME of Feb. 28 prints an article about Grade Fields in which the following is stated: "Miss Fields last year received a reputed $750,000 for being both undignified and vulgar." The word vulgar constitutes a grave injury to Miss Fields, her friends and public in England, where she is greatly beloved as your article states. I am a great admirer of TIME and know that it does not intend an affront but in England the epithet used will have a different implication and will have an injurious result. I have received a protest from Miss Field's manager...
...order that something may go down in the books, "a grade of 'satisfactory' will be accepted by the Dean's Office instead of a definite letter grade," it was announced in a notice sent to instructors last week. In such cases as there is no record of a student's work, the grade of "satisfactory" will be automatic...
...recent film British Actress Grade Fields, who makes a reputed $750,000 a year, sang "You've Got to Smile When You Say Goodby" from the top deck of a departing liner. Recently, as her father and mother sailed from Southampton on the Berengaria, Gracie standing on the dock suddenly burst into "You've Got to Smile When You Say Good-by." The astonished crowd around her, liking Gracie much more than they did the proprieties, clamored for an encore. Gracie obliged: "Little Old Lady," for her mother...
...Roslyn's fourth-grade children ranged from 7 to 16 in age. Now fewer children are retarded. Instead of keeping backward pupils with younger children, Roslyn's schools promote them, give them coaching in their weak subjects...