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...Black Star Line-a steamship company, formed to carry Negroes back to Africa. The company's only significant maritime achievement was to take Garvey and some of his friends aboard a chartered vessel, to the West Indies and back, on an intoxicating journey during which, in some mysterious manner, the ship nearly foundered...
...among college men relishes the visitations of the plebs to his "spiritual home"? Very few. Yet this affliction is shared by graduates and undergraduates the world over. Summer vacations throw open universities to all manner of people seeking all manner of things in all manner of ways. Chief among them, and least offending, is the teacher bent upon self-improvement...
...Holy Virgin, we propose never to adopt any manner of dress displeasing to Thee. This means that upon every occasion, even when the devil tempts us, and suggests we pass the limits of holy modesty, we will remember our promise to Thee...
...Hearst press described the manner of his death as follows...
Ever since Charles Michael Schwab assumed control of the Stutz Motor Co., his interest in the motor field has been generally recognized. Recently he has become Chairman of the Six Wheel Co., a Philadelphia concern which will manufacture six-wheel motor trucks and buses, built somewhat after the manner of railway-car trucks. The four rear wheels of the new buses compose a single unit, to which power and brakes are applied. In a statement, Mr. Schwab explained the theory behind his new six-wheel motor vehicles. Seeking a means of coordinating transportation in railways and highways, he became convinced...