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Along with the other signs of spring, it is pleasant to note the appearance of the annual Princeton poll signifying the fortunate few whom the Senior class names yearly as "most respected", "biggest grind", etc. The practice of bestowing such dubious titles upon a handful of the graduating class has become a tradition like the beer-suits and freshman skull caps; it is a ritual which time has enhanced and which offers splendid opportunities for a mass attack upon some hapless individual who can neither foresee nor alter his lot once he has been chosen "best dressed" or named, "thinks...
Unless matters clear up pretty noticeably next year, Harvard will have to step into the breach with her own poll. While we may not have a choice for "best build" or "smoothest" we can certainly do justice to the assets of our own senior class and think up some fairly conclusive titles which will open the eyes of big business to the diamonds lying rough in the graduating body. Self promotion never hurts and if "biggest liar" of Class of '37 is called into a nationally known advertising firm or if "biggest bore" is eagerly sought as a political leader...
...coming Tercentenary Celebration and the concurrent interest in the college, certainly it is up to Harvard to do right by her senior class. In return for support and interest for four years, the graduating classes from now on should be advertised quickly and effectively by a yearly senior poll, as at Princeton. On a percentage basis, and given a few years, the college might even surpass the sales records hung up by the Ford...
Since Bright Eyes Shirley Temple has grown full of honors. Her position as box-office champion last year was determined by Motion Picture Herald's poll of U. S. exhibitors. As rival to President Roosevelt and King Edward VIII for most photographed celebrity, she appears in an average of 20 still portraits daily for magazines, newspapers and advertisements. In addition to being, accurately speaking, the most popular cinemactress, Shirley Temple is the ablest song-plugger in Hollywood. Sheet music sales on her songs, like Polly Wolly Doodle and On the Good Ship Lollipop, are over 400,000 copies each...
Repeal of the Teacher's Oath Law seems temporarily doomed, for the poll of the committee in charge indicates a pigeon-holing is in the offing. Apparently it took relatively few hours for the majority of the committee (so far polled) to come to the conclusion that the weighty arguments of such men as Drs. Conant and Parks were worth nothing compared to what may be called, if politeness is to be stretched to its farthest limit, the illogic and misinformation of organizations like the American Legion and D. A. R. Why? Because these men are mere individuals, have single...