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Sirs : TIME for Nov. 14, 1927, p. 29: "Alone, he drank a bathroom germicide and died quickly." To say "a bathroom germicide" is better than to name a specific poison. But for reasons which you no doubt appreciate, the more indefinite such reports, the better. Why not say "he took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Justice | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

Students who leave Cambridge or this vicinity, for the Christmas Recess, should first return all books borrowed from the College Library, unless, in specific cases, they have obtained permission to take them away. William C. Lane, Librarian.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY | 12/20/1927 | See Source »

"We have in America the largest public school system on earth, the most expensive college buildings, the most extensive curriculum, but nowhere else is education so pointless and aimless, so blind to its objectives, so indifferent to any specific outcome as in America.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Kingsley on Demagogs | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

Of them religion has been the most reluctant to admit the wisdom of control. The sacred writings of all religions make specific injunctions for generation, impugn sterility. The barren woman must hang her head; the fertile woman is praised, yet not glorified. Her labour is not pitied. However, the Protestant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Birth Control | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

The Photographic Department offers a thorough training in the mechanics of newspaper photography. Cameras are provided by the editors, and candidates are instructed in the details of picture-taking, developing, and printing. Specific pictures are assigned for each candidate to secure, and each aspirant is expected to procure, other photographs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON INVITES NEW COMPETITORS TOMORROW NIGHT | 11/28/1927 | See Source »

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