Fisher and Simpson Highlight 46th Modern Languages Meeting
The 46th annual Modern Languages Association gathering in Louisville Kentucky drew over seven hundred. Prof Milton Simpson attended and praised the program the hospitality and the balance of serious sessions with leisure events including a banquet a Mammoth Cave trip and Gammer Gurton's Needle. The conference featured general assemblies and departmental meetings with the English section subdividing into many sessions. A Slovonic department debuted and Ashley Thorndike urged unity in the organization. Mammoth Cave tour and cave scenery were described vividly.
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The
Modern Languages Association
Louisville
Kentucky
Milton Simpson
Col. Ellis
Mammoth Cave
Gammer Gurton
Dramatic Society
Ashley H. Thorndike
Columbia
Simpson
Thorndike
IGRANDBOIS ELECTED FRESHMAN PRESIDENT
Morlan Grandbois of Kalamazoo Central is elected freshman class president as voting held December 21 during a general lecture hour. Curtis Sabrosky from Sturgis Michigan becomes vice president while Fern Ball secures secretary treasurer after three ballots. Evelyn Ballard of Belding Michigan wins the fraternity ballot tie.
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Morlan Grandbois
Winfield Hollander
Grandbois
Kalamazoo Central
Curtis Sabrosky
Sabrosky
Sturgis
Michigan
The
Index
Fern Ball
Evelyn Ballard
Belding
Miss Ball
Value of a College Education Cited As $72 000
Otto Y. Schnering president of Curtis Candy Co. cites a Chicago address claiming college education yields about $72,000 more income over a high school diploma. He notes average earnings of $6,000 for college graduates vs $2,200 for high school grads, and estimates potential earnings of $15,000 annually during college with about $70 daily value for classroom time.
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Otto Y. Schnering
Curtis Candy Company
University of Chicago
Chicago
Schnering
First Play of Year Near Presentation Promises Lively Farce
The seven producers have begun rehearsals for Her Husband's Wife a farce drama. Charlotte Bacon leads with a sharp presence as the projected star, while Barney Bennett Jerry Boyles Mary Jane Ross Don Dayton Rose Mary Shields and Ruth De Bow contribute lively turns. The piece aims for broad audience appeal with marriage themed humor and Irish flair.
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Charlotte Bacon
Barney Bennett
Jerry Boyles
Somnambulint
Congress in Madras backs boycott of Simon Commission
At the 42nd Indian National Congress in Madras a unanimous resolution calls for a boycott of the Simon Commission to investigate Indian affairs. A second resolution proclaims complete independence as the goal of the Indian people.
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Indian National Congress
Madras
India
John Simon
Argentina Faces Northern Desert Expansion Threat
Reports to the French ministry of agriculture warn Argentina may develop a Sahara like region in Neuquen province as rivers dry up and dust storms with dunes engulf remaining pastoral areas. Once populated by Indians, the valley now has only a few hundred cattlemen amid likely abandonment of reclamation efforts due to high irrigation costs.
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Ministry of Agriculture
France
Argentinas
Sahara
Neuquen
Canada to Build Two Modern Destroyers
At parliament's session a measure will seek authority to build two modern destroyers for delivery within three years. The Patriot and Patrician will be retired immediately as Tornay and Torredor are arranged for use until the new ships are ready.
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Patriot
Patrician
Tornay
Torredor
Cane Cream A New Sugar By-Product Gains Popularity
Experts boost cane cream a by-product of sugar cane developed by the bureau of chemistry. Its deep brown color and flavor sit between Canadian maple cream and molasses syrup. The whole juice gives a creamy syrupy product retaining much of the original sugar juice taste.
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Bureau of Chemistry
South
Leap Year Dance Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Delta
Tomorrow night at eight o'clock the Leap Year dance sponsored by Alpha Sigma Delta will be held at the Columbia Hotel. A capacity crowd is expected with many attendees missing the event likely to regret not being there.
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Alpha Sigma Delta
Columbia Hotel
Prayer Week Observed At Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College joined with other religious groups for the first week of the year of prayer. President Hoben spoke on The Church Universal outlining church as a moral and social force fostering faith love and service. He urged individuals to engage with religious groups as a source of renewal and self direction.
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Kalamazoo College
Hoben
Church Universal
Conjunctive Church Groups Plan for Early Year
Methodist and Baptist Young People prepare a busy start to the year. Next Sunday at five PM Friends Hour features Jack Klaasse and entertainers followed by a devotional led by delegates from the Detroit Student Volunteers Convention on the topic What Can We Believe. The January 15 Salvation Army band program will be held, with Clay Shoemaker leading Life Service on What Are Gods Returns on His Investment in Me. A Life Service banquet is tentatively set for January 17 as Mrs Ayling Mr Coors and Mr Ashbrook attend an interdenominational conference at Edgewater Beach.
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Jack Klaasse
Student Volunteers
Detroit
Salvation Army
Clay Shoemaker
Frosh to Clash With Hillsdale Freshmen Saturday
Hillsdale hosts the Frosh in a Saturday football rematch after last fall's defeat. Bar rows Murdock and Cooper lead a strong lineup as the visitors seek another scalp. Dorothy Dye hosted former and present students for New Year’s Eve at Edgar Street.
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Frosh
Hillsdale
Barrows
Murdock
Cooper
Dorothy Dye
Edgar Street
Unstable dollar and its effects on American finance
Yale economist Dr. Irving Fisher warned that monetary illusion hides the dollar’s instability and its role in business fluctuations. He traced the dollar’s depreciation from 1860 to postwar values and noted how inflation and deflation hurt lenders and borrowers, urging stabilization of monetary units worldwide.
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Irving Fisher
Yale University
Fisher
America
National Federation of Students of America Meeting in Lincoln
Royce Glezen reports a December conference in Lincoln Nebraska on December 15 to 17. The event featured lectures on student government with new ideas to present to the student body. Nebraska hosted delegates with generous hospitality and social events. Lillian Spellman of Oberlin College visited Genevieve Rohbhead early in the week.
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Royce Glezen
National Federation of Students of America
Lincoln
Nebro
Glezen
University of Nebraska
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Candy Head
Mr. Schnering
Ruth de Bow
Argentina
Canada
President Hoben
Assembly On “the Church Universal
Methodist
Baptist Young Peoples
Yale
Lillian Spellman
Oberlin College
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