Word: sigma
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Marks was born in Birmingham, England. He received his engineering diploma from Mason College, Birmingham, in 1891, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of London the following year. He was National Lecturer of the scientific fraternity Sigma Xi and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers...
...owner of one of the most successful newspaper monopolies in the U.S., Minneapolis Star and Tribune Publisher John Cowles has never been the slightest bit defensive about his papers' unchallenged position. Last week, before the annual convention of the national journalism fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, Publisher Cowles not only argued that monopoly papers are among the best in the U.S.; they are also partly responsible for the fact that sensationalism in the U.S. press is becoming a less and less salable commodity (see below). Said Cowles: "As the best papers have grown, the poorer papers, the marginal papers, have...
Born in 1877 at Lynn, Mass, Tozzer rec eived his Ph.D. as well as bachelor's degree here. In addition to his other posts on the faculty, he served as chairman of the department of Anthropology. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and a number of scientific organizations...
...limerick's lady of Kent, according to Louisville Times Managing Editor Norman Isaacs, 46, is not very different from many a newsman. Writing in the current issue of Quill, monthly magazine of the professional journalism fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi. Editor Isaacs charged that more and more newsmen are succumbing to the compromising blandishments of pressagents, promoters, politicians and others whose objective with newsmen is always the same: to influence what is printed. Asked Isaacs: "How can we claim integrity when newspapers employ men whose services are for sale to outsiders...
...When every undergraduate was forced to live in a college room and pay for all his meals, some club members could not afford the double expense and several clubs had to shut down. The thirties were also an era of merger and expansion. For example, the Phoenix and the Sigma Kappa, this latter a hold over from the fraternity years, combined and went final. And the clubhouse of Spee, a group which 80 years before had been the Harvard chapter of Zeta Phi, was typical of the building and decorating of the 1930s...