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Last week Alpha, the robot, made its first public appearance in the U. S. One of the most ingenious automatons ever contrived by man, a grim and gleaming monster 6 ft. 4 in. tall, the robot was brought to Manhattan by its owner-inventor-impresario, Professor Harry May of London, and installed on the fifth floor of R. H. Macy & Co.'s department store. Encased from head to foot in chromium-plated steel armor, Alpha sat on a specially constructed dais with its cumbrous feet securely bolted to the floor, stared impassively over the knot of newshawks and store...
Morrow Castle. "Twenty-two years ago this month the greatest catastrophe in the history of the seven seas shocked the civilized world. The S.S. Titanic . . . struck a monster iceberg. The tragedy chilled our blood and stirred our hearts. Twenty-two hundred and eight human souls were on board; 1,501 were lost. . . . The great Captain E. J. Smith, as befits the heroism of the sea, stuck to the finish and went down with the ship. . . . His refusing to [save himself] gave even death a redeeming feature...
...club will sponsor a monster rally in the interest of Boston and Haigis at Cantabridgian Hall Thursday night at 8 o'clock. At this rally the chief speaker will be Robert T. Bushnell, former District Attorney of Middlesex County, one of the foremost orators in the Commonwealth. Other speakers will be Judge Frankland W. L. Miles of the Roxbury Court and Professor Arthur L. Brown of the Boston University Law School...
Scene. Never in the Empire's history have Their Majesties been present at the launching of a merchant vessel. For this week's historic occasion they will not only be present, but Queen Mary herself will break a magnum of champagne across the monster's bow at the christening. Longer (1,018 ft.) than the Clyde is wide (see map), No. 534 will slide stern-first into the river, with tons of drag-chains coiled about her sides to check her momentum. The splash when she hits the water was expected to send eight-foot waves surging...
...sweeping view of U. S. Education, a cumbersome wasteful monster which has grown up without plan or authority, was presented last week by Director Charles Hubbard Judd of University of Chicago's School of Education in Education and Social Progress.* Into his book Director Judd swept the following opinions...