Kiski Plan for Concentrated Study Urges High Point Trial
The Enterprise endorses adopting the Kiski School method of concentrated study to improve North Carolina high schools. The piece cites Dr Lloyd M Clark at Kiski as leader, notes four nine week terms, no heavy mid term cram, and reports higher grades and college readiness. The editorial urges local officials to test the system and praises private schools for better funding and fewer bureaucratic hurdles.
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Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Education Commission
High Point
Hiram College
Hiram
Ohio
Kiskiminetas Springs School
Saltsbury
Army
Alegbra
Kiski
Lloyd M. Clark
Clark
New York
Bliss Perry
Harvard
Perry
Amherst
John Farmer
Princeton
J. E. Zeigler
Francis L. Moginot
Paul H. Fall
Carroll
Mr. Whitley
Mr. Pruette
Clyde Erwin
The Mad House and a Nation of Rumors
A satirical look at diplomat John Cooper Wiley’s Teheran mission and rumors of a spy named Roger T. Lincoln. The piece weaves gossip about Washington officials including Walter Reynolds and Victor Johnston, plus Rep. Reva Beck Bosone’s crusade to move the Three Broads statue from the Capitol basement to the main hall.
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Washington
Frankster
Iran
Teheran
John Cooper Wiley
Wiley
Portugal
Columbia
Roger T. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Secretary of State
Our Society
State Department
Reva Beck Bosone
Utah
Capitol
Elizabeth C. Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Taft slams universal military training as un-American
Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio denounces universal military training as contrary to the American way of life and economically unsound in a public statement. He argues the system would undermine individual freedoms and national traditions.
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Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Education and religion in culture face Supreme Court review
Dr Kenneth I Brown of Denison University argues that American culture without religion is weakened and unworthy, urging the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of educators endorsing religious presence in culture despite secular pressures.
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Supreme Court of Our Land
Kenneth I. Brown
Denison University
Association of American Colleges
Quote by Bullitt on Yangtze dike and Communist flood
The dike along the Yangtze river in China stands to block a Communist advance toward the Indian Ocean. If that barrier fails, Bullitt warns, the Far East troubles would dwarf current concerns for the United States.
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Indian Ocean
Yangtze River
China
Yangtze Falls
Far East
William C. Bullitt
Honus Wagner celebrates life and career milestones
Casual Comment recalls Honus Wagner turning 75 and serving as Pirates scout and coach. The piece also honors Mrs. P. B. Raymond’s 93 years, moral steadfastness, Christian Science faith, and a note on Robert G. Beck of Big Bear Super Market for honesty.
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Honus Wagner
Bill Currie
Christy Mattheson
Ty Cobb
Lou Gehrig
Pittsburgh Pirates
Horus
John McGraw
Bessie
Honus
Grandpa Scruggs Seeks One Last Detour to Knoxville
The 99 year old Grandpa Scruggs tells a mountain preacher he plans no long travel until he dies. He asks the Lord for a detour to visit Knoxville on his way to heaven. He speaks in a quiet Appalachian valley voice.
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Brandeis
Life
Charlotte News
America
Grandpa Scruggs
Appalachian
Knoxville
Noted Jurist Thacher Denies Knowledge of Latest Political Ties
The piece profiles Judge Thomas D. Thacher as a distinguished jurist and Yale to Columbia educated Republican Presbyterian who declined a Churchman dinner citation amid pro Russian leanings. It notes his remark You can just put me down as ignorant and questions what he is ignorant of regarding Soviet and American political history.
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Thomas D. Thacher
Yale
Wisconsin
Harvard
Columbia
Churchman
Guy Emery Shipler
Yugoslavia
Tito
Stepinac
Dr. Shipler
Mindszenty
Hungary
New York
William Allen White
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wendell Willkie
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
New York Mirror
Thacher
Marx
Engels
Teheran
Yalta
Moscow
Potsdam
New York City
Alger Hiss
Lithuania
Latvia
Poland
Esthenia
Rumania
Iran
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Albania
China
Colyum
Dorothy di Frasso
Rome
U. S
Bugsy Siegel
Dorothy
Broadway Notes on Death of a Salesman and Other Plays
Notes on current Broadway winners and contenders including Death of a Salesman Streetcar and They Knew What They Wanted all running simultaneously. Blanche Yurka Lili Palmer Eddie Albert Marion Hutton Ava Gardner Virginia Mayo and Virginia Fields feature in reviews and film theater plans.
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NEW Yorker
Broadway Lights
Blanche Yurka
Lili Palmer
Rex Harrison
Harrisburg
Eddie Albert
Victor Killian
Carol Lynne
Betty Hutton
London
Patty O'Neill
Marion Hutton
Warner's
Metro
United Artists
the Cinemagicians
Normandie Theatre
Church of Sweden
Red Cross
Henry Dunant
Ava Gardner
Virginia Mayo
Miss Mink
The Aristocrats and Showbiz Patters In 1940s Radio
A round up of television and radio gossip notes with mentions of Lucille Ball Jolson and Martin Block. It notes network censorship of profanity and remarks on various performers, publishers and literary picks plus brief items on articles and public notices. It also lists headlines about Fritz Kuhn Ezra Pound Dorothy di Frasso and cultural chatter from Broadway to press boxes.
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Lucille Ball
Martine Block
Jolson
Social Insect Horizontal and Vertical Puzzle
A crossword style puzzle with clues across and down for birds insects and terms. Includes numeric references for positions and a mix of common and scientific words across multiple directions.
Man of 60 Enrolled in Western College Wins Magazine Scholarship
A 60 year old man enrolled at a western college reportedly wins the magazine scholarship after a lengthy process. Details on the institution and program are not specified in the fragment.
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Western College
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