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...past few years has arisen the notion that something is wrong with the colleges. From the volume of literature that this notion has produced one might infer that everything was wrong with the colleges. There is apparently no reason for this sudden flux of collegiate concern, just as it is certain that there is no rhyme to it. Perhaps it has come because never before have the American institutions of professed higher learning been so popular. Perhaps popularity and excellence run by contraries...
...Dalziel of Kirkcaldy, kinsman of Europe's late Sleeping Car Tycoon Baron Dalziel of Wooler (TIME, April 30), has now said: "I have long ago given up trying to get English people to pronounce 'Dalziel' correctly. . . . The late Lord Dalziel also accustomed himself to let the wrong pronunciation pass uncorrected. . . . He ceased to maintain the tradition that 'Dalziel' should be pronounced...
Village folk of Kirkcaldy in Scotland and of Wooler, on the Scottish border, were discouraged last week by this Triumph of Wrong, and vexed that the fine old name of "Dee-el" has been citified and Londonized into "Dal-zeel...
...Thomas Hitchcock, who must now be nearly 65, taught Winston Guest, as well as her own sons, the game; it would be difficult to say on how many summer mornings this superb lady has been seen on her field in Westbury, telling a crowd of youngsters what was wrong with their play. That field has been the nursery and Mrs. Hitchcock the nurse of International Polo...
...Patriot (Emil Jannings)- Russian count does right and wrong for his country...