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...late John Pitcairn, founder of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The elder Pitcairn, a follower of the Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg, gave land near the family home at Bryn Athyn, Pa. for the beautiful Swedenborgian Cathedral (New Jerusalem Church) which now stands there. All of the family maintain a lively interest in the church, and Harold received part of his schooling in its academy. Like de la Cierva, Harold Pitcairn learned to fly as a youngster, but he did not engage seriously in aviation until 1924. He founded Pit cairn Aircraft Co. at Willow Grove, Pa., and in 1925 went...
...Anglo-Saxons such involved methods may seem unreal, but Russians have always enjoyed intrigue and devious means more than any other game. In the cities of New York, Chicago, Washington, etc. the G. P. U. is believed to maintain numerous agents, and is believed to believe that they find things out. Perhaps there is nothing to be found out in the U. S., perhaps nothing escapes the free and vigilant press; but if President Hoover wants to find things out in Russian cities he will have to send spies there. In Moscow, where they know that their own press...
...most of their time asleep, although gapers who knew nothing of dogs kept standing round their benches to ogle them and exclaim when they woke up to gobble huge chunks of red meat. This breed, because of its appetite, is one of the most expensive in the world to maintain. When they were judged, King Lir of Ambleside made Mrs. Northrup Bellinger proud...
...Vagabond has exerted his utmost efforts of self-control. He has striven to raise himself to the mental plane where he can appreciate the offerings of the lecture platform. He has been struggling for the last twenty-four hours to maintain that famed disinterestedness towards things worldly. Has he succeeded? No, most emphatically, no!--And what's more, he knows perfectly well that there are many more like him around Harvard Square. For their benefit he can suggest at least three ways of utilizing a part of a fortunately prolonged week...
...team will meet the University of Porto Rico in an exhibition debate in George Washington Hall of the Phillips Academy at Andover. The subject of the debate will be, "Resolved, That this house condemns the growing domination of the United States in the affairs of this hemisphere." Harvard will maintain the negative...