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...angling. This prosperous coal road is a very desirable strategic link between Buffalo and Pittsburgh, the two Great Eastern Gateways. Over it the B. & O. will reach Buffalo, the most important Eastern outlet of the Great Lakes. The road will also be a vital part of the new low-grade freight route between New York and Chicago projected by the B. & O. From the Alleghany Corp. of their allies, the Brothers Van Sweringen, the B. & O. will buy control...
What has the College to offer in the way of geography, that old acquaintance left back in the shades of grade school...
...medical treatment than last year's group, in the form of removal of tonsils, adenoids, and appendices, typhoid fever inoculations, and ocular treatment. This year's class is favored with the A's in posture, claiming 23, as compared with last year's 10. C is the predominant posture grade, having been given to 48 per cent of each class. The B's and D's average about 24 per cent for each class...
...part of its curriculum is more militaristic than another. Marching is no more martial than a technical knowledge of naval gunnery, and plays at least as important a part in the making of an officer. Furthermore, Naval Science has unfortunately been branded as a snap course, offering an easy grade and, if the undergraduate so desires, a pleasant summer cruise. Compulsory drill every week will have the added advantage of discouraging the student seeking "gentlemen" grades with a minimum expenditure of energy...
Propper specializes on high grade hosiery ("At all shops serving a discreet clientele") between $3 and $6 the pair. In 1929 its gross earnings were $691,127, gathered from some 130,000 dozen pairs of stockings. Propper stock is listed on the New York Curb. When it first appeared, President Leo Propper received a note daintily written on a small card, saying: "May your stock run as well as your stockings...