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...father's privilege, and yesterday he made the most of it. Crew once afforded father an added opportunity to take the head of the family, but now that Vassar breakfast tables ring with chatter about track and rowing, baseball remains without doubt the only field in which the male parent can be sure of himself in the company of his offspring...
...Mahatma Gandhi I felt I ... had met my parent. ... It was like finding something that I had lost. . . . The political side of Gandhi is the least part of him. As a moral teacher and reformer the world has not known his equal since Buddha and Christ. He made no attempt to convert me from Christianity. I am not an orthodox Hindu. The Mahatma did not baptize me or immerse me in the holy Ganges, as has been reported. Gandhi hates conversion and believes that all religions are good...
...organization holds meetings throughout the college year at which subjects pertaining to electrical engineering are discussed both by professional men and students. Its purpose is to bring students in contact with the parent organization, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and to acquaint prospective engineers with the outstanding problems of the electrical industry...
Last week Postal's parent, International Telephone & Telegraph, made its 1931 report. Salient points: 1) Net income: $7,654,000 against $13,750,000. 2) Telephones in the system provided 59% of the gross revenue, increased from 688,000 to 769,000. Of the gain 50,000 was from acquisition of the Rumanian system. 3) I. T. & T.'s telephone business is distributed as follows: South America, 534%, Asia, 3.2%, Europe, 27.9%, North America (Mexico) 7.8%, West Indies...
...heavily involved with New York banks, might be taken away and attached to some large Eastern, possibly Morgan-sponsored, system. This was, however, stoutly denied last week. As for the midwest part of Middle West, stretching from Texas to Canada, the problem was to effect financial reorganization of the parent company without disturbing the profitable operation of all its 119 subsidiary parts...