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There is nothing wrong with the first half of the course. Professor Walz has a charming manner of presentation, his half-hour lectures in German are delightful, and he possesses an intimate, if not scholarly knowledge of the subject. He knows Goethe and has a sincere admiration for him. He tries to convey to the class the spirit of Goethe's writings, to make the students feel the intensely human quality of them. What is more, he wants the class to appreciate it as German literature, to read it and think of it in German, and not to consider...
...tally, official scorers -U. S. Army officers-marked the hands dealt to each contestant, the number of tricks taken by each team. The scoreboard was out of the players' sight; but they did not need to see it. Sniggers and snorts from the audience, when someone played the wrong card or tried to finesse, were as explanatory as a peek at an opponent's hand. Observers wondered whether, by imposing strict rules of silence on spectators, or by enclosing the players in soundproof booths, bridge could be made into an indoor spectacle, like prize fighting, wrestling, billiards...
Author Flynn is an oldtime newspaper man, was city editor of the New Haven, Conn. Register, managing editor of the New York Globe. He contributes to many magazines. He wrote Investment Trusts Gone Wrong! which was widely read in Wall Street. He now derives much satisfaction from the fact that important steps have been taken to mend erring investment trust ways...
...watching with his trou bled stare the unselfconscious machines, the unquestioning workers. Perhaps Women, a fragmentary notebook, is the result of these brooding visitations. Not the arguable art of economics but human beings, their daft ways, their queer needs, are what fascinate Sherwood Ander son. What Anderson thinks is wrong with U. S. men (he has said it before) is im potence. To watch a Barker-Coleman spooler warper in a cotton mill, says he, is enough to make any artist feel it in himself. "Man has already accepted the power given him by the machine, this vicarious power that...
...come this far. Observers estimated that bad weather had cut down the flyers' speed to 80 m. p. h.-30 m. p. h. less than the economical cruising speed of their plane. Also, the length of time indicated they were flying blind. Their compasses must'have gone wrong; they carried no radio. But they seemed unconcerned, headed for fog-bound Newfoundland...