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When he was asked whether he saw any fundamental difference between western and eastern football, he said, "I guess they're made a little tougher in the West...
...half burying itself. The corpses were mangled almost beyond recognition. All, save Seiler, were instantly killed, the mechanic merely showing bare signs of life and passing away without regaining consciousness. The accident was ascribed to an airpocket dashing the ma-chine to the ground, a hardly feasible premise; another guess was that the pilot had died suddenly of heart disease. A rumor of political assassination was dismissed...
...himself sent by A. D. Cooley's new photo-radio system. The picture was converted into sound waves; the sound waves were recorded on a dictaphone and "played" for radio audiences. Said the Governor: "The changing intensity of the sound corresponds to the shading of the picture. I guess that loud part is my nose. Now you know what it sounds like to look at my face." The National Association of Broadcasters, assembled at the Fair, heard themselves flayed by Commissioner H. A. Bellows of the Federal Radio Commission. Said he: "If anything could kill radio...
...Pinna's? But there are other leading schools; where the fellows dress just as well as any clothes from De Pinna's. How would De Pinna's like it if I put an advertisement calling Brooks and Rogers Peet the "leading clothing stores" in New York? I guess Brooks and Rogers Peet could quote figures on numbers of suits sold that would make De Pinna look pretty sick. Just as I could quote football scores that wouldn't read so well as the "leading 'prep' schools of the East...
...much for ways and means. The best general advice that can be given to a Freshman at this moment is to try the examinations on Saturday, guess at the probable outcome with a rather pessimistic attitude, and arrange his course so as to meet some part of the requirements this year. If the outcome of the examinations is contrary to his expectations, he has until October 10 to drop or add courses free of charge...