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...knew how his chasing after fire-engines in his youth had helped him for college. Compulsory Freshman athletics Las proved so beneficial that some regret that its scope is not broader; that Sophomores, as at other colleges, if not all undergraduates, are not compelled to take part. We again refer to the lethargic few who like to exercise but who have not the necessary energy to take the plunge without prodding...
...chamber, that of Japhet, according to Dr. Getsinger, points conveniently at the North Star just as it was indubitably intended to do when first built thirty thousand years ago when the earth was at the same point in its processional cycle. As for the animals of the Ark, they refer to the symbolic or spiritual animals of the Zodiac--for of course it is only to be expected that such a powerful race intellectually would select precisely a Bull, a Crab, a Goat, a Water-Bearer, etc., from all the possible things there were to choose from.-- "The animals went...
...Soviet Government issues, for example a certificate for 1,000,000 rubles, but labels it 100 rubles; and all official documents, including the weekly accounts of the national bank, are based upon the latter figure. Unfortunately the people still refer to the new bills as worth 1,000,000 rubles because they rate on a par with old bills of that denomination. But the authorities hope that when the old bills are called in, the populace will adopt the face value as the current rating. By this ingenious expedient the internal debt will be reduced ten thousand-fold...
...educated to appreciate good drama, and those who think that the drama must be changed to suit the public taste. The latter is the better conception of the matter. The public is setting high standards, and the drama must live up to them. When I speak of 'drama' I refer not only to the legitimate stage, but also to the motion pictures, which, although they are at present on a lower standard than the stage, will overcome this handicap, and reach the artistic worth which they are aiming at. The motion pictures today are in the condition in which...
...once made itself felt in the Inca University. At the outset let me explain that the last word, Quot, seems to be translatable somewhat like the Latin "volgus" or Greek "polloi" and may be rendered in English as "herd" or "clan". It was often used by the Incas to refer to cattle, though in this case it seems to imply some sort of men. The significance of the other two words is unknown...