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...they turn out by the thousands at Tech, but one of the real heman kind of engineers on locomotives of trains throughout the world, who know daily the indescribable thrill of easing the throttle open, gradually nursing the Johnson bar into the center notch, and letting the mighty monster rock over the high iron. Until that lucky day, Vag is going to try to get work as an extra yardman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/10/1938 | See Source »

Fiberglas will not yet make dresses; they would be too heavy. But since it is non-inflammable and can take color (asbestos cannot), it is well suited for curtains, rugs, hangings. For house insulation it is lighter than rock wool. For air conditioning it makes a fibrous filter which scours air of dirt and moisture. For wire insulation it is more compact, sometimes more economical than cotton, which must be made non-inflammable or used with rubber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Wonder-Child | 11/7/1938 | See Source »

...prime product of both their States. Governor Clark pitched his spuds forward into his basket; Governor Barrows scrabbled backwards into a basket between his long, straddled legs (see cut). The winner: Maine's Barrows, 201 lbs. to 197 lbs. He apologized :"I probably had a four-pound rock in there." Idaho's Clark explained: "Your potatoes are smaller and more slippery than ours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Muffled Broadside | 10/10/1938 | See Source »

...xylophone player, an accordion maestro, and an English horn player completed the list of individual musicians, and a six-piece orchestra called the "Crimsonians" then took the spotlight. How to hit a rock while shooting rapids in a canoe was revealed by the final performer, described as a "lecturer." Russell T. Sharpe '28 director of the Bureau, said that a descriptive folder about the students would be sent to 2000 possible clients...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Entertainers Display Talents In Yearly Employment Bureau Trials | 10/7/1938 | See Source »

...Watch Hill, Westerly and Charlestown, R. I. loss of life was heavy. Scores of people who took refuge in the highest dunes were swept away by mountainous seas which carved a new coastline. Well Rock lighthouse at Point Judith was hammered down. So was Prudence Island lighthouse, killing the tender's wife and son. Charlestown was wiped out. Seven school children were drowned in a bus on Jamestown Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Abyss from the Indies | 10/3/1938 | See Source »

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