Language study prep from high school rivals college
A Kansas study by Prof. E F Engel of the German department reports high school language work often fails to carry into college. Across KU Baker Emporia, many students drop languages after starting in high school, with Latin showing the strongest attrition. Data from 666 KU students indicate only 13 of 301 Latin entrants continued in college.
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E. F. Engel
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Modern Language Journal
Baker University
Emporia Teachers’ College
Univ
Engel
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Kansas News Briefs from Marshall county and beyond
The story notes 13 candidates filing for Marshall county sheriff amid growing interest in the office. Also reported are the death of Ran som H. Brown a longtime Sedgwick county surveyor and founder of the Jeffersonian club. An Emporia Teachers College prank involving nitroglycerin triggers disciplinary action, with two students questioned by the committee. The Kansas Tower & Light Co is ordered by the Public Service Commission to adjust gas meter readings in about 30 central Kansas cities and refund patrons for meters overcharging beyond two percent.
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Wichita
Ransom H. Brown
Sedgwick County
Jeffersonian Club
Kansas
W. B Ford
Patrick Grocery
James Sturgeon
Kansas City
Carrie Decker
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid
Harvey Hawk
Methodist Church
Earl Harbour
Lloyd Rogers
Leslie Waggoner
Lloyd Morris
Ralph Snyder
Manhattan
Sarah Phinney
J. . Hannah
R. L. Lyons
Arthur Perry
Charles Jacquemin
Marlin McCreicht
Curtis Patrick
Lawrence Gabel
Ned Rice
Emory Cox
B. P. Davis
Wesley Roberts
Joe Hannah
Amos Leech
Fret ‘Thompson
Laura “Reeder
Hazel Ahrens
Marie Lorimer
Mae Nincehelser
Weidge
Ruth ‘Sacher
Oskaloosa
Jacquemin
E. B. Slade
CN. Jacquemin
J. A. Decker
A. G. Smith
Decks Dla
Flashes of Life New Haven Chimps Mannerly
Yale savants study chimpanzees noting they eat politely when attendants watch them, but behavior shifts when observers are not present. The observation highlights social conditioning and intelligence in primates studied at Yale.
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Local News Snippets
Readable fragments describe crossword clues across and down with scattered city notes. The column also relays brief items from New Philadelphia to Warsaw including theft jokes, lectures, a buffalo joke, and local school events with social club reports.
Oskaloosa Roundup Briefs Include Visits and Moves
Owen Johnston drove to Topeka on business. Miss Garet Stout of Valley Falls spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs Anna Stout. Mr and Mrs Clyde Miller and family moved to the Hainey house in southwest town. Tim Payne of Topeka visited son Will and family. Mr and Mrs Walter Boyd and family drove to Lone Star and visited relatives.
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Topeka
Garet Stout
Valley Falls
Anna Stout
Clyde Miller
Hainey
Tim Payne
Will
Walter Boyd
Lone ‘Star
Iso-Vis protects engine life with 103000 mile test claims
The text cites Mr. Edgren with 103,500 trouble-free miles and Iso-Vis lubrication protection proven in lab tests and A A A tests on the Indianapolis Speedway. It notes Iso-Vis does not thin out from dilution and references the Ball and Bottle Test at Standard Oil service stations.
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Edgren
Indianapolis Speedway
Standard Oil
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