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...them they became disgruntled at the difficulty of the questions, and they are said to have bethought themselves of a way out of their difficulties as practicable as it was breathtaking. Having handed in their papers, it is alleged that they set fire to the building before examiners could grade them...
...play opens on a barren near a railroad grade. Into the assembly of tramps awaiting the evening freight come the girl and a stubby red-headed youth, who has elected to assist her flight from justice. Two savage tramps fall in love with her; detectives pick up the trail and the second act is played in a box car of the westering freight. The stubby redhead protects her from the tramps, finally winning their admiration, and their aid in a getaway across the Border...
...also must the shades of Dr. Mason's hardy Wisconsin ancestors have rejoiced. They had seen him born, in 1877, at Madison in the state they pioneered, had watched him through the grade schools and into the university, where he studied so well that he was graduated with a Phi Beta Kappa key at 21, jumped so high as a stripling Sophomore that he wore a large "W" on his chest for three years, conducted himself so genially that his friends were many, so adroitly that he won a professor's daughter to wife. After some post-graduate...
Last week a corps of assistants to School Superintendent William McAndrew of Chicago made their chief a report recommending the institution of all-year sessions in both grade and high schools. With a seating shortage of 40,000 staring him in the face, Superintendent McAndrew was impressed with their plan, interrogated parents far and near for opinions...
...Summer recess is the most serious interruption the child encounters in school life." A child attending all five sessions regularly could complete his grade and high-schooling in three years less time...