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...killing sparrows, the hunters select a large roomy barn where they know these pestiferous birds spend the night. They climb up among the rafters, choosing a perch where they can have full use of their arms. Then lights are flashed and as the rudely-awakened, bewildered birds flutter blindly about they are struck down with brooms and clubs...
...this year is, "Resolved, That France's stand in the 1930 Naval Parley was justified". This contest is under the direction of the French Department and is an annual competition, which is open to all members of the College. The preliminary contest will be held on April 15, to select seven finalists, who will compete in a public debate on April...
...risk. A turn of the hot water tap, even when accompanied with prayers, is fully as likely to bring on acute pneumonia as steam. It is this uncertainly lurking in the plumbing which is the prime cause for discontent so manifest among even the most select of shower-room circles...
Rich Men. In 1927, eleven people had incomes of $5,000,000 or over. In 1928, 13 others joined this select group. Million-dollar incomes increased from 290 to 496. While not all millionaires necessarily have a millionaire's income, and some people with millionaires' incomes often fall far short of the seven magic figures in actual wealth, during 1928 exactly 42,613 people reported incomes of $50,000 ($1,000,000 @ 5%). In 1927 there had been only 33,695 in this class. Not only rich men grew in number, as the following table of total people...
...organizers of the exhibition request each school of architecture to select six or seven drawings which it considers most representative of its work. These are collected under the title, "Travelling Exhibition of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture", and are sent from place to place. It comes to Harvard from Syracuse University and will proceed to Yale when it leaves Cambridge...