Wisconsin's guinea pig college shows early success
At the University of Wisconsin Dr Alexander Meiklejohn runs an experimental college with 119 self selected freshmen living in a dorm. There are no classes or grades and advisers lead informal discussions on ancient Greece across disciplines. The group has shown strong personal initiative and ability, with hopes of expanding the concept later.
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WEA
Adison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Alexander Meiklejohn
Experimental College
Meiklejohn
Anon
Ike
America
Amherst College
Wisconsin University
Glenn Frank
Wisconsin
Meik- Jejohn
Guineaple College
Ple College
Melkiejohn
Studenta
Meikiejohn
Beverly Hills
Lees
S. 4
Beverly
Jdix
Culver Mite
Tary Academy
Young bin
Aloc
Princetoning
Nicaragua
Lorre Witt
Byrd Pole Flight Predicted to Outshine Lindbergh
British explorer Herbert Ponting says if Richard Byrd succeeds in a South Pole flight, he will be the greatest aviator explorer, surpassing Lindbergh. Ponting cites Byrd’s Atlantic crossing and the perilous polar route as evidence of the daring needed for such a feat.
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Byrd
South Pole
Lindbergh
Milton Bronner
Ondon
Gimander Richard EE. Byrd
United States Navy
America
South Polar
Herbert G. Ponting
Robert Scott
Chamberlin
Scientists Debate Stone Age Relics Discovery in France
Relics unearthed two feet underground on a peasant farm in Glozel France spark a split among archaeologists. Some call the stone age collection the era’s most significant find with inscriptions resembling multiple ancient scripts, others label it a hoax from a clever forger.
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Glozel
France
Europe
Egypt
Popular
Science Monthly
Scientific sleuths expose puzzling Antarctic vandalism
A long report outlines polar geography from Ross Island to the Weddell Sea, noting mountains, plateaus, and ejected data. It frames a crime mystery about prehistoric bones and forgeries, quoting experts and magazine pieces on a conspiracy claimed to threaten the world’s food supply.
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Commission
Yoyden Sparken
N ‘ York
Teenager Beats Death With Brain Bone Removal Surgery
At Wesley Hospital in ICHITA Milo Brewer aged 18 underwent skull surgery to remove a silver bone fragment pressing his brain. The injury trace goes back to 1923 when he fell from a horse while riding in a rough region, causing years of headaches and fainting until the operation.
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Milo Brewer
Wesley Hospital
Brewer
Retired director finds a new musical career
Walter Damrosch, 85, former New York Symphony Orchestra director, now radio music counsel for NBC, broadcasts a concert network and plans a nationwide University of the Air for 26,000,000 schoolchildren. He aims to teach what a symphony orchestra is and how music speaks through the players.
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EW York
United States
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Dankesch
Damrosch
National Broadcasting Company
University of the Air
Schoolmasters’ Association of New York
Ark of Music
Varied Requests Found By Will In His Mail
A column of reader letters shares confusion and humor about American Russian Chamber of Commerce affairs, geography mix ups from Beaver Springs to Beverly Hills, and jokes about fan mail routing. Readers critique geography, timing, and the spread of propaganda while recounting clumsy mail encounters and letters about forced landings and local chambers.
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Will
Beaver Springs
Penna
Saturday Evening Post
Beaver Falls
Beverly, Hills
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