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...managers to postpone the Boston engagement would be futile since any such request would need figures and collegiate receipts for substantiation; nor is the average college student supposed to wander from the histrionics of Keiths revenues and the Metropolitan. There are however a few devotees of the opera who have succumbed to the allurements of a college education. To them the solution is the old and expensive one the midnight to New York...
...tell me what to do with my 22-year old son?" was the request in the dulcet tones of a fond but foolish mother. He is very mischievous and misbehaved, and I simply can't do a thing with him. Do you think it a good idea to put him on a boat under a stern old sea captain all summer and not permit him to land...
...bizarre" Scopes trial was pronounced dead. Last week, after having delicately reproached it in a divided opinion which held the Tennessee anti-evolution law constitutional but reversed the conviction of Teacher John Thomas Scopes (TIME, Jan. 24), the Supreme Court of Tennessee denied Teacher Scopes's lawyer their request for a rehearing, and Attorney General L. D. Smith formally carried out the court's suggestion that the case be pigeonholed forever...
...Johnson contended it was purely an American League affair. Ever since Commissioner Landis' appointment in 1920, Mr. Johnson had resented his authority. Twice before he had challenged it. His third challenge was his last. The eight American League club-owners met in Chicago at Commissioner Landis' request. They realized that the Cobb-Speaker publicity had been unavoidable. They relieved vociferous Mr. Johnson of his duties. Mr. Johnson's health was reported "pitiable...
...earnestly request contributions from all members of the University." Harvard Magenta...