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...Noted as Tap-Dancer...
...beginning of the Ehler tradition in the Yard. Every present and former inhabitant of Matthews remembers Vic's bellowing summons to the telephone and his remarkable knack for knowing all there is to know around the Yard. He was also noted for his colorful tap-dancing, and his demonstration of the correct manner to fire a torpedo...
...tap this current Rabinowitch arranged a simple device. "If now two metal electrodes are immersed in such a solution," he explained last week, "and if the liquid around one electrode is illuminated and the other is kept dark, the system becomes a galvanic cell in which chemical energy, formed by the conversion of light, is itself immediately converted into electrical energy." Galvanic cells and batteries-usually making current from the slow dissolving of zinc in sulfuric acid-are not uncommon, but Rabinowitch's is unique in that it will never wear...
...contributes the savvy, it's youth that has the oomph. Pretty, dusky Nightclub Performer Hazel Scott tosses tunes from one end of the piano to the other in a dazzling succession of tempos and keys; and Paul Draper, least typical and most aristocratic of tap dancers, performs in his crispest and most brilliant style...
Organized by a group of University psychologists interested in civilian morale, the Conference will outline the possibilities for youth service in defense and welfare work, and will compare the varied special services which the many groups have begun. Lastly, the meeting will attempt to evolve a plan to tap resources of youth labor in this area...