Life's Challenge Medal Essay by Miss Ransom
An 1927 chronicle presents Miss Ransom's essay on life's challenge as a youth from the hills of Chaldea faces transition toward civilization. The piece frames the M. J. Wrenn Medal contest and reflects on shepherding and cultural progress in a westernward push.
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Miss Ransom
Youth faces the age's challenge with purpose and faith
A speaker argues the 1927 youth must meet life's test with courage and wisdom, urging clear goals, personal responsibility, and perseverance. He cites Alexander the Great, the value of aims, and the role of parents as guides, ending with a note on a Paris dog trend and a vacant jail sale in Nova Scotia.
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B. C
Phillip
Macedonia
Alexander the Great
High Point
State bids rise for GOES print contracts at capital
Raleigh June 7 The State Printing Commission expects more bids for the state printing contracts to be opened June 14 as five new firms, including a Virginia operation, receive specifications after last week’s bid rejections. Higher line type costs spurred previous bidding failures and out-of-state bidders may help push prices down. Meanwhile the salary and wage commission in Raleigh faces a backlog of 500 recommendations as it prepares today to consider increases with no strict deadline, may extend into tomorrow.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Virginia
Asheville
Baltimore
New Bern
Winston Salem
Richmond
Charlotte
State Printing Commission
Frank D. Grist
Commissioner of Labor and Printing
Grist
Edwinb. Bridges
Commission
Bridges
Early inventions and historic expeditions noted in terse excerpts
The passage notes corkscrews allegedly invented in 1512 by a 17 year old French blacksmith’s daughter, a Berlin chimpanzee triggering fire alarms, alumni returning to old school for auld lang syne, and Lieutenant W F Lynch in charge of the first American Dead Sea survey 80 years ago after many failed attempts.
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France
Berlin
W. F. Lynch
Dead Sea
Dentists Link Gas Exposure to Teeth Health
Physicians warn that high carbon dioxide in poorly ventilated rooms and car exhaust fumes may harm dental health. They emphasize the need for better ventilation and cleaner air to protect enamel and overall oral wellbeing.
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My Mother
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