Cool Thinking and Courage Wins Carnegie Honor for Gladys Snell
San Antonio begins a campaign to award Miss Gladys Snell a Carnegie medal for saving two youths at Roosevelt Park pool last July. The 20-year-old switchboard operator kept cool under danger, towing a drowning girl and a boy to shore before rescuing a second child, while a man swimmer finally pulled the other girl to safety. Her brave actions drew praise for both courage and quick, clear thinking.
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San Antonio
Gladys Snell
Roosevelt Park
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Miss Snell
Miss
What the Public Wants in Literature
A discussion on public taste from librarians at the American Library Association. Modern fiction with explicit sexual content is declining in appeal while readers favor literature with fitness and intellectual vitality. The piece critiques sensational semi graphic writing and notes the public seeks substantive storytelling.
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American Library Association
Adul
Amateur athletics and the amateur ideal in sport
The piece extols amateurism led by Nurmi and contrasts it with professional sport. It lauds Red Grange for remaining true to amateur ideals, argues amateurs pursue sport for the sake of athletics, and views professional sport as a legitimate business while maintaining the amateur as the truest exponent of athletic spirit. It references MEML, the fleet-footed Finn, as part of the discussion.
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Nurmi
Red” Grange
Pree Meml
Progressive report cards test child traits over grades
A Baltimore trial used lengthy narratives about Johnny and Jane to explain strengths and weaknesses beyond marks. Parents, teachers and administrators debated whether such qualitative reports reveal true education or merely surface behavior, as schools seek better guidance for child development.
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Jane
Join
Baltimore
Johnny
Principe
Pardon the Governor by Bugs Baer
A satirical column laments governors losing prestige amid impeachment talk and political theater. It notes past and present governors across states, mockingly questions authority symbols, and wryly praises Texas for its choice of an independent executive amid political chaos.
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Texas
Tte Indy
Nervous man loses overcoat on bus and returns later
A raccont of a nervous man who visits, borrows an overcoat, and misses a step boarding a bus. He falls hurt, the driver leaves, and later his friend returns the coat and apologizes for the delay in explanation.
Penalty of Notoriety in Public Life
Dr Frank Crane reflects on the vanity and backlash of fame, noting many crave attention yet fear and attack prominent figures. He cites public figures like Henry Ford and President Coolidge, emphasizes the danger of rising above others, and urges endurance of scrutiny with a hopeful, optimistic outlook despite criticism.
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Henry Ford
Coolidge
Lenyy
Superion
Percy Stickney
Grant
Ten Rules for Keeping Fit by Royal Copeland
In New York an exposition on education highlighted health, featuring Dr Thomas Darlington and the Ten Wealth Commandments. The rules urge controlled breathing, daily water, measured meals, slow careful chewing, regular exercise, no eating while fatigued, strict work and rest balance, Sunday rest, constant mind, regular physician checks, and broad moderation, claiming life extension and vigorous health.
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Royal
Copeland
M. D
United States
New York
New York City
Thomas Darlington
Tony
Education and Morality by Garrett P Serviss
A defense of moral training for children and the involvement of science in truth. The essay argues morality grows from critical judgment and human experience, not emotion, and envisions a National University of Experience to guide youths toward purposeful work and moral development.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Thomas A. Yhkson
Fidison
de Gays
Kiely
Thisen
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