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Farmer Schroeder declared he fed his hogs only high-grade refuse from Northwestern University and fine cafes. Furthermore, he complained, the 110-lb. one-time dancer had "pushed and bruised" him (270-lb.) when he tried to keep her off his farm. He had not, he admitted, used "Bible talk" in remonstrating with her, but neither had she. "She called me names I don't believe proper to mention here...
Generally the best doctor for a U. S. traveler in Latin America is a resident member of the American Medical Association or a graduate of a high grade U. S. medical school. For various ailments. experienced travelers point to the following as among the best...
...were selected in a blaze of glory and then carefully cloaked from vulgar inquiry, have come once more, and in a very fitting manner, to the attention of all. The senior of their number, now seventeen, has just been elected to Phi-Beta Kappa, with a truly prodigious grade average and amid appropriate eclat. Northwestern seems to feel that this vindicates the essential wisdom of her experiment, and even Dr. Flexner declares that he is reminded of his old dream of a prodigy high school in New York...
...lecture. Two or three of the men, however, are stimulating to listen to; they do not conceal their enthusiasm. In most courses the student is treated as an intelligent person. Problems are assigned, but failure to hand them in does not necessarily have any effect on the final grade. In some courses, however, high school methods are still employed by the instructors...
...culturally advantageous, while allied fields permit courses in Geology, Meteorology, Anthropology, Economics, or History. The tutorial reading covers the fundamental and philosophic conceptions of geography; most of the list would be considered fascinating reading even to those whose ides of geographical studies are based solely on boring grade school memories...