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Academic peace and quiet of Winthrop was rudely upset last week by intermittent shrill squawks, driving several members from their books to a sleuthing expedition. The disturbance was traced to a balcony outside the window of a well-known Puritan pianist, upon which was perched a goose, evidently playing the role of fan mail. The goose has been removed, and members of the House go to their meals with an air of expectancy...
Part of the steel industry's bitter opposition to any & all efforts to upset the basing-point apple cart is founded in the fact that many plants are geographically obsolete. The steel consuming centre of the U. S. has shifted westward toward Detroit and Chicago, and f. o. b. prices would put the Pittsburgh and Youngstown districts at even more of a disadvantage than they now are. But the real cause is the steelmen's desire to preserve a system whose avowed purpose is to permit any steel company to compete for any business anywhere in the land...
...department stores in the East. The National Retail Dry Goods Association had made the same conspiracy charge in a letter sent to its 5,000 members. To many a dress manufacturer the Filene suit meant that a stability achieved after years of effort was in serious danger of legal upset. To retailers everywhere it was a call to arms...
Jimmy Coldwell of the Freshman mermen and Noonan of Yale will probably have a close sprint battle in the 1936 meet, which is also held at Yale tonight. Barring an upset, however, the Yardling swimmers are due to lose to a Blue team which has made an excellent record in competition this season...
...cinema worshippers of the house are in a dither of chaotic delight, but Miss Arden is theatrically upset at the boring interlude until she perceives the physical advantages of Bud, the upright and mechanically inclined Adonis. Bud is properly affianced to his loving, apron clad Joyce, but the blonde screen hussy finds his weak point--an invention which will certainly revolutionize the film industry. Dexterous use of this leverage plus a hearty manipulation of her Westian contours puts Miss Arden on the way to success, and the barn. Just as Bud seems on the verge of losing something more valuable...