Paradise on an early world map shown in Basel lecture
Basel geographers discuss three early fifteenth century world maps claiming precedence as the first printed world image. Two German woodcut maps share near identical features with German text and medieval paradise motifs, while a third Latin text map offers a similar arrangement.
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Basel
Switzerland
Rockefeller
New York
Tor Hassinger
Vanadilus
Doctor Haswinger
Paradise
Glass stomach used in digestion experiment
Dr Carl Schwerin of Fordham University told an audience at the Manhattan Trade School that the human body is a great democracy and that digestion can be reproduced in a laboratory test tube by mixing saliva with boiled starch in a glass container at body temperature to observe the same chemical reactions as in the alimentary canal.
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New York
Carl P. Sherwin
Fordham University
Manhattan Trade School
Teeth Gone Ancient Man Ground Food in Mortar
Salt Lake City Utah reports Professor A A Kerr of the University of Utah archaeology department notes that ancient cliff dwellers used a small stone mortar and pestle to grind food when teeth were missing. A skeleton from southern Utah shows about seventy years old with only two teeth and a grave that contained a tiny mortar and pestle.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
A. A. Kerr
University of Utah Department of Archeology
Kerr
New York Novelist Elizabeth Jordan Longtime Neighborhood Resident
A New Yorker of thirty years’ standing Elizabeth Jordan novelist has lived twenty five years in one neighborhood She presides over the cooperative apartment building on Gramercy Park where she resides Dramatic criticism is her avocation Her sole play The Lady Prom Oklahoma failed in New York but found success on tour She has written eight or nine novels plus many short stories and articles recently turning down a request to go to Spain to write a story.
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New York
Elizabeth Jordan
Grammercy Park
Oklahoma
Spain
Douglas claims solve tailspin with new balance method
Santa Monica Calif Donald Douglas airplane designer says at the Pan American conference in Washington May 2 to 5 that shifting weight by moving fuel tanks to the center of gravity has conquered the tailspin problem. He asserts the new balance method stabilizes aircraft in flight.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Donald Douglas
United States Army World Flight Planes
Washington
Douglas
Lost Village Found in Japan’s Northern Mountains
A remote village in northern mountains of Japan, cut off for 700 years, was rediscovered. Its population of 152 inhabitants had never heard of the outside world, with ancestors fleeing after a war defeat.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ihs
Eight Professors Honored by Year at Right University
Eight University of Minole professors received high honors across international relations chemistry economics and engineering. J W Garner earned an honorary doctorate from the University of Lyons for work on American constitutional law and a public international law history. Others include Roger Adams Nichols Medal for chaulmoogra oil leprosy cures and S W Parr for coal coking and Parr Peroxide Calorimeter. Clarence Berdahl and H B Ward received distinguished fellowships and international representation, while B Smith Hopkins M J Wasserman A N Talbot gained global recognition for chemistry economics and materials testing work.
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University of Minole
J. W. Garner
University of Lyons
France
Garner
University of Illinois
University of Calcutta
India
Oberlin College
James Stokes
New York University
William Howard Taft
James Brown Scott
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Roger Adams
Department of Chemistry
Adams
8. W. Parr
Division of
Chandler
Columbia University
Parr
Illinois
Clarence A. Berdahl
Department of Political Science
Professor Berdahl
Hopkins
United States
M. J. Wasserman
Department of Economics
L’association France-Amerique
Federal Trade Commission
Wasserman
Lyons
A. N. Talbot
Edgar Marburg
American Society of Testing Materials
Talbot
Research as Aid to Industry From Illinois and Purdue
The South Bend Tribune notes the University of Illinois chemists’ search for better and cheaper motor fuel as a reminder of valuable scientific work at the university. It cites Illinois studies shaping steel beam formulas in city codes and resistance of materials research shared with architects and contractors, and adds Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana contributing similarly with federal government cooperation in engineering chemistry and agriculture.
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University of Illinois
United States
Illinois
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
South Bend
Iind
Tribune
Savers of Civilization Advised on State University Aid
Quote from The Hotel World extols great state universities as savers of civilization urging Illinois State University to seek funding. Emphasizes neutral stance on politics and social wealth with a focus on higher education.
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Ilinois State University
University of Illinois Praised for Efficient Financial System
The University of Illinois operates a highly organized business structure led by the Superintendent of Business Operations and the Comptroller. It uses centralized cash handling through the Treasurer, with strict audit, purchasing, and reporting protocols and a Chicago division supporting finances and accountability.
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University of Illinois 1A
Chicago
Board of Trustees
Comptroller
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Certified Public Accountants
University students praise education and growth
A University of Illinois student, Stewart Howe, expresses appreciation for the education received, noting the university's effort to develop intellect and improve individuals for life and social contribution. He emphasizes the value of the university's purpose.
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University of Illinois
Stewart
Howe
University
University of Illinois Reveals Size and Scope of Campus
Facts compiled by the University of Illinois detail 67 buildings on campus across 2,431 acres with 8356 devoted to the core campus. The university serves 18,731 students across Chicago and Urbana, supported by 1,880 regular staff, and houses a 683,000 volume library that will need a third unit in the 1927-29 appropriation.
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University of Illinois
University
Chicago
Urbana
Enrollment totals at Illinois State University for year
Registrar G P Tuttle reports 18 781 distinct students attended the university during the year ending March 1 with 13 781 in residence. Men numbered 9 745 and women 8 986. Chicago Urbana segment totals include Medicine Dentistry and Pharmacy. Liberal Arts and Sciences led with 4 476. Commerce 2 079. other colleges and schools listed. Summer session total 1 257.
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G. P. Tuttle
University of
Chicago
Urbana
Medicine, Dentistry
Pharmacy
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of Commerce
Chisent
State Business Research Bureau Aids State Entrepreneurs
The Bureau of Business Research of the College of Commerce develops steadily to aid state businessmen. It studies economic and industrial conditions, promotes good management, and seeks best executive control. Findings become free bulletins for public distribution.
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Research Bureau
Bureau of Business Research
The
College of Commerce
Bureau
Commonwealth
Chicago
Marble Steps Test for Baltimore Wives
In Baltimore Maryland lengths of white marble steps in the city’s largest neighborhoods serve as a gauge of housewife diligence. Neighbors judge wives by front stoop cleanliness and punctuality, while evenings draw families to the steps for socializing and gossip.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Home of "Home, Sweet Home" author for sale in Long Island
The East Hampton farmhouse where John Howard Payne spent his boyhood is up for highest bid. It was owned by Gustave H. Buek, president of Alco Gravure, until his death. his widow Hannah Louie Buek now plans to sell the property.
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New York
Home
John Howard Payne
East Hampton
Long Island
Gustave H. Buek
Alco Gravure Company
Hannah Louie Buek
Get Him, Scouts! Butcher Fends Off Bandits With Salt Pork
In Buffalo a grocer who controls Grover Cleveland Alexander repels two holdup men by hurling a piece of salt pork when they demand surrender. No injuries reported as the attacker averts the robbery with improvised defense. East Moline plans a $250,000 power substation. Meadows Mennonite Old People's Home to be enlarged.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
East Moline
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