Summer School at UNC Marks Long Teaching Standards Rise
The University of North Carolina Summer School, oldest in the nation, opens a second session June 13. Since 1877 it has raised teachers' standards, enrolling 2656 last summer with 1196 paying tuition. Dean N W Walker leads a 133 member faculty across 245 courses in three divisions to further educational progress statewide.
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Te St University
Heéh
America
North Carolina
Robert Bingham
Vance
Currituck
N. W. Walker
Walker Pointeut
College Divisio
School of Education
Dean Walker
Becook
Kemp P. Battle
University of North Carolina
Hancock Act and University Summer School Growth
The Hancock Act aimed to boost attendance at summer schools as the General Assembly prepared to train teachers. The early program enrolled 238 students, expanded to include women, and saw multiple revivals and suspensions totaling over 11 years and 2,019 participants. Today the Summer School is a major division offering credit bearing courses and certification aligned with University degrees and operates on a separate budget.
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General Assembly
John H. Ladd
Vermont
Brown University
Kemp P. Battle
University
Lindbergh Honeymoon Cottage Near In-laws in Maine
A one floor white and green colonial bungalow is under construction as the Lindberghs honeymoon cottage on Dwight Morrow's Maine summer grounds. The tiny dwelling with its own dock and beach sits just hundreds of feet from the Morrow home amid rumor and wisecracks about Lindbergh living near his in-laws. Betty Ann Wagoner, New Orleans, born blind, has just gained sight after 48 years and now seeks to learn to read.
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Anne Morrow
Charles Lindbergh
Maine
Dwight Morrow
Betty Ann Wagoner
New Orleans
Betty Ann
First UNC Summer Normal for Teachers Traced to 1877
The article notes earlier short courses existed such as a botanists’ program at Buzzard's Bay and a biologists’ session at Wood's Hole, but records show the first summer normal for teachers was begun at the University of North Carolina in 1877.
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Louie Agassiz
Harvard
Buzzard’s Bay
Wood's Hole
Mass
Winlker
University of North Carolina
Sunday Radio Listings From New York and Across Nations
Radio program guide dated Sunday June 2 lists hourly schedules for WABC WEAF WJZ and many others. It details channels, call letters, regional stations, programs including cathedral hour sermons, musical entertainments, orchestras and special concerts across cities like New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Atlantic City with times and featured artists.
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Associated Press
Clear Channel
Associated Stations
Cadane
WABC
New York
WCAU
Wnac Wean
WFBL
WKBW
WCAO
WJAS
WADC
WKRCG
WGHP
WSPD
WHK
WLBW
WMAL
WNAC
WEAN
WKRC
WCAE
WGY
WGR
Wwd
Iso
WTIC
WEAF
Major Bowes
WJAR
WTAM
WWJ
WSAI
WFJIC
WIOD
WHAS
WSB
WPTF
David Lawrence
WTAG
WCSH
WRC
WBT
WFIC
WEEL
WFI
WGN
WSM
Clay Boland
Bury
Retting
WAAR
WWJI
Seth Parker
WJAX
Sam Herman
Xylophonist
Cheir
WJZ
760 Symphony
WBZ
WRAL
KDKA
WLW
Rev. J. &. Durkee
I ' Ludlow
Wjdz
WBAL
Alco
WRZ
J 'O Henry
Macath
Spcine Fisher
WPA
Chain Key Station
Pfinterthinners
Coral Islanders
WLWL
Studia Pregram
Newerk
Bowyer
S-2
Titus Syonpheny
Sindy
Tevne
Forum Hihi
Shady Lanes
Market Street Playhouse
WPG
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Theyll Be Uncle Sams Envoys
The text portrays Wagoner gaining sight in a hospital charity ward and muses on reading ability for blind children, while criticizing reckless driving accusations and suggesting police may evade accountability, with a jab about rebuke from both sexes.
Brooklyn Woman Arrested for Speeding and Rebuking Officer
Mrs Rosalind McGuinness of Brooklyn is jailed on a speeding and reckless conduct charge after she insulted the officer and hurled telephones and objects at him during the incident. The column then notes debates on sex predetermination with Dr Oscar Riddle of the Carnegie Institution cited predicting future control over baby gender.
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Rosalind McGuinness
Brooklyn
Trishman
Oscar Riddle
Carnegie Institute Station For Experimental Evolution
Henry the VIII chapter hints at value of female offspring
A passage in Hacket's Henry the VIII portrays Anne Boleyn presenting Henry with a daughter, suggesting some readers might see merit in a scientific possibility. The excerpt emphasizes the tension between traditional male succession and emerging ideas about female heirs.
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Hacket
Henry the VIII
Anne Boleyn
Henry
Ortig Wins Oybin Mayoral Post in Zittau Region
Albert Ortig, 26, secured the mayor’s job in Oybin a health resort with 1 500 residents after a field of over 200 candidates. The final choice came from three finalists who debated the theme The modern problems of a municipality and the particular necessities of a resort.
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Zittau
Germany
Albert Ortig
Oybin
Auction Sells Locks of Liszt Rubinstein and Leschetitzky Hair
The locks of three master musicians Liszt Rubinstein and Leschetitzky sold at auction for 14 7 and 21 dollars. The sole bidder was Robert Waldhaeusel a piano maker who last year bought a lock of Schubert's hair.
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Vienna
Franz Liszt
Anton Rubinstein
Theodore Leschetitzky
Robert Waldhaeusel
Franz Schubert
Alligator Pear Trade Expands From Recife
In Pernambuco Brazil a campaign aims to boost acreage and export quality for U S shipments. Efforts focus on better packing and cultivating top bearing stock to send more alligator pears to the United States.
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Recife
Pernambuco
Brazil
United States
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