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...aside. Then he sat down. The scratch of his pen blended with the blurred bumble of voices coming through the swinging doors to the Senate chamber. A second bill went into the discard-a last-minute measure by South Carolina's Smith providing for a government cotton pool in return for acreage reduction. Herbert Hoover still had a mind of his own and he was determined to use it until the final minute. His rejection of the cotton bill set the head of outgoing Secretary of Agriculture Hyde wagging with approval...
...intervening unit containing the Dining Hall, Common Rooms, Library, and C entry, the whole is linked together by a subterranean passage which has access to all parts of the House, an invaluable aid in stormy weather or for the use of those wishing to use the swimming pool in Westmorly, and the diversification of different types of suites is more pronounced than it would have been were the whole House entirely...
There are three main features which the residents of Adams House consider distinct advantages: its proximity to the Yard, its separate cuisine, and the swimming pool. The first is a distinct advantage to those having 12 o'clock and 2 o'clock classes on the same day. The second is an advantage at all times, and the third is a unique feature of the House. As to the rest of the plant, it is as well equipped with the usual squash courts, music rooms and library as the other Houses...
...House lore, there is somewhat more than spirit. The present President of the United States is said to have lived in Westmorly during part of his undergraduate stay. Ann Pennington is reputed to have been entertained in the swimming pool with many of her beautifully-limbed compatriots, and the various versions of this rumor are both exciting and legion. Then too there is the good-will bestowed upon the House by the no longer existing Adams House of Boston, a hostel long famous for its good cheer, the deed for which is in the House archives. Besides these more...
Last week it was apparent how the Post had profited from its new feature. Publishers had never felt able to buy space in the magazine. Now Macmillan, Scribner, Houghton Mifflin and Little, Brown & Co. had been persuaded to pool resources, experiment with a one-column advt. every other week. Price: $1,800. Each publishing house will advertise one book in each insertion. First four books, already solid successes, to be advertised in the March 25 issue: The Bulpington of Blup (Macmillan), The Kennel Murder Case (Scribner), Mutiny on the Bounty (Little, Brown), Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Houghton Mifflin). Each title...