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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
8
A medieval or antiquarian notice recounts Aristotle allegedly counting teeth of his servant to claim men have four more teeth than women. The claim persisted for centuries though later scholars question its accuracy and origin.
Southern Illinois University prepares a new library with plans on the drawing boards. The 1950-51 budget will exceed 180000 dollars as the library, already with over 113000 volumes and nearly 7000 unbound items, expands staff and spending to support growth.
Britannica cites Samuel Taylor Coleridge as supreme in criticism yet describes his own poetry as a collection of fragments. The assessment highlights a paradox between critical mastery and literary cohesion within Coleridge's body of work.
Officials planning the Boy Scouts second National Jamboree arrival of supplies at the Valley Forge camp include 70 gallons of poison ivy lotion to prevent itching and skin irritation during the event slated to open Friday.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Purcell of Dix visited with Don Randall and son. Mrs Oscar Irwin returned from Beech Grove Ind after a visit. Everett Greer family called on Ray Highsmith Camp Ground. Effie Marlow and Gladys Dennis visited their mother Emma Gossage. Mort Lane BluFord visited with Raymond Scott. Archie Body Henry Downy attended Bluford Baptist church. Bernice Roney stayed with Maxine Matthews Fairfield and attended Flora church. Rev Guy Roney visited Pappy Sutherland Fairfield. Hurshell Thomason Lewis Wolfe Mt Vernon visited Charles Scott family. Glenda Byars Mt Vernon visited with Chambliss families. Lib erty Quartet singing at Rev Rosco Gaunt Methodist service. Paul Scott Dicky Elmira visited Russell Pasley and saw 4-H ball game at Hopper school. Noble Shelton visited Ray Noren Mt Vernon. Paul Williams visited Ray Williams and sons Mt Vernon.
CARBONDALE June 29 Motion picture films from The Adventures of Bunny Rabbit to Atomic Power are now available to organizations and schools through Southern Illinois University's expanding Audio-Visual Aids Service. Director Donald A. Ingil reports the annual Film Calling lists over 750 films and 300 film strips, with the library totaling more than 1200 prints after duplicates. Rental prices range from 1.25 for short features to 4.25 for longer productions like Tale of Two Cities. Interested groups should request catalogs from Mr. Donald A. Ingli at the Audio-Visual Aids Service SIU Carbonale.
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