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...Gold-leaf offers for the patter of little feet...
...mastered the technical mechanics of the aeroplane and took his tests in cross-country flying, taking off, landing. A few days ago in a de Haviland plane he took and successfully passed the final tests, including all the " acrobatic " maneuvers? loop, roll, tail spin, Immelmann turn, falling-leaf, spin, spiral side slip, forward slip in landing, etc. At a luncheon of the Army and Navy Club in Washington, General Patrick received the silver wings of a flying pilot?the only Major General who had ever attained that distinction...
...Study", be given to all freshmen it has been objected that no definite system can be prescribed which will meet the needs of every one. But help could be given to many students by teaching them even such elementary things as the merits of a loose leaf or a card system for lecture notes, the advantage of classifying notes from the assigned "readings", making outlines of subjects, the use of diagrams and the general distribution of time. Many a college graduate who has learned in a business office how to concentrate off a given task has looked back with regret...
...Ruthenberg, Executive Secretary, stated the ideal program as: 1) easy Constitutional amendments, 2) abolition of Supreme Court and courts' power of veto, 3) abolition of the Senate, the Presidential veto, the present Congressional committee system, and of the system of 48 state laws, which served as a " fig-leaf for centralized dictatorship of employers...
...Turning my eyes in another direction, I saw an old, white-haired ephemary walking all alone on another leaf, talking to himself. As this monologue seemed to me of interest, I wrote it down...