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...threatened strike of the Union printers and binders, who have signified their intention of stopping work on May 1 as a protest against the "Open Shop" policy. No definite action, however, will be taken by the printers and binders of Boston and vicinity till the result of a test strike now going on in Rochester, N. Y. is determined...
...first eight Dr. Howe will continue to test various coxswains during the rest of the week. It is his intention also to continue the system of varying captains for the boat, giving each man in turn a week in which to show his abilities as a leader. The permanent captain will then be chosen just before the race against Princeton...
...informal practice yesterday with Rindge Technical player Coach Young had opportunity to test most of the men on the squad, and good playing was not confined only to the first line-up sent in A.S. Rogers, although inexperienced as a pitcher, showed good headwork and control on the mound, and Harry Wheeler, relieving Rogers, may be developed into a dependable...
...Great Britain was signed in Lodon. This agreement, however, cannot be put into effect until the question of ownership of Russian money or goods is reconsidered by the British courts, since a court decision, already handed down in England, denies Soviet ownership of confiscated Russian property. Now a test cast is being brought forward to see if this decision will be reversed. If it is not, the Bolshevist representative, Mr. Krassin, admits that trade is impossible. It is interesting to consider why the agreement should have been signed before the case was decided...
Independent investigations made some time ago by President Lowell and by Professor Dexter of the University of Illinois have brought out the surprisingly close correlation between excellence in college studies and the chance of appearing in "Who's Who." This test, although admittedly and imperfect criterion of true achievement, is nevertheless one of the best available indications of leadership in American life. Tabulations involving thousands of college graduates show that the average college man has one chance in fifty of winning his way into this category of the famed. But the chance of the Phi Beta Kappa man is three...