Students Defend Fraternities in College Panel Debate
At the North Central Association meeting educators and Greek leaders sparred over whether fraternities and sororities aid or impede academics. DePauw Dean Edgar Cummings condemned Greek life as undemocratic and miseducative. a DePauw coed defended sororities as scholarly partners. University of Chicago members and sorority leaders argued fraternities foster living, study balance, and social training, while warning against misperceptions about women joining for husbands.
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North Central Association of Colleges and
Edgar C. Cummings
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Methodist Adog
Midwest
Cummings
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Frances Chambers
Delta Delta Delta
Miss Chambers
Bronxville, N
Hutchins
University of Chicago
Robert Hutchins
Beta Theta Phi
John Lovejoy
Samuel Cohen
Alpha Epsilon Phi
Tribesmen pacify spirits after fatal truck crash on Gold Coast
On the Gold Coast a September freight collision killed 17 tribesmen. To pacify restless spirits, a ceremonial rite involved a bullock sacrifice, blood rites, drumming, and a purification mixture poured into a trough for passing drivers to receive? sprinkling before continuing.
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Agora
Gold Coast
English Pastor Urges Boycott of Movies and Theater
West Dulwich England Rev Charles A Roach criticizes stage and screen private lives used to build interest in productions. He calls for a boycott until the entertainment industry mends its moral standards. He insists he is not a killjoy but urges duty in abstaining while film magnates ignore misconduct for profits.
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West Dulwich
England
Charles A. Roach
Israel Declares War on Field Mice
In Tel Aviv the ministry of agriculture mobilizes a large force of men to act as soon as a dry spell ends to combat field mice causing widespread crop damage.
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Israel
Tel Aviv
Ministry of Agriculture
Oldest murder trial from 1960 B C revealed on clay tablet
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Chicago unearthed a tablet in Iraq describing an ancient murder case from Nippur. It records a widow Win-Dada acquitted while three men were found guilty and executed, showing early public prosecution of murder.
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Mns
Iraq
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Ery of
Nippur
B.C
Thorkild Jacobsen
University of Chicago
Samuel Noah Kramer
University of Pennsylvania
Win-Da- da
Tria
Baghdad
Nin-Dada
RAF Forms Rescue Team For Jungle Use
The Royal Air Force forms a rescue unit of 25 ground crew to reach crash sites in jungle areas during anti terrorist operations. The team must be highly fit, able to read maps, and prepared to cut through dense terrain with hatchets and defend themselves if needed. They move by jeep and may abandon vehicles to maintain headquarter contact.
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RAF
Singapore
Royal Sa
Teaching Isn’t Work Elmira Jury Ruling
An Elmira jury ruled that teaching someone to try oysters wasn’t work. Ruth Granger testified she wasn’t working but instructing a novice cook when inspectors raided Paul Battisti’s cafe. Battisti was acquitted of permitting a woman to work between midnight and 6 am.
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Ruth Granger
Paul Battist
Battisti
Crooks Named After Jesse James Flood FBI Files
FBI records show about 447 persons bearing the Jesse James name have criminal records nationwide. Some 50 were arrested by FBI agents. crimes include interstate car theft, violation of the white slave traffic act, draft dodging, and impersonation. Atlanta inmate Jesse James Roberts is among the best known.
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Allants
Jese James
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Atlanta
Jense
Jesses
Jesse James Roberts
Roberts
Atlanta Jail Scene Echoes Robber Legend
Fragmented text recalls a jail visit by Roberts and a compare to Jesse James in Atlanta while noting a UN report on women’s education. The document references a FBI exchange praising treatment, and a UN ESCO pamphlet detailing literacy, health education, and women’s education initiatives worldwide.
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Atlanta
Hoberts
Roberts
Jesse James
Alanis FBI
Catchers Mask To Protect Jet Engines
The Air Force has developed a movable grill to shield jet engines from stones shell cases and other metal. It can be raised for takeoff and landing and lowered during flight except in combat when it deflects stray cartridges. This device aims to reduce risk from flying metal objects entering the engine intake.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Little Israel Traffic Toll Keeps Rising
Tel Aviv reports Israel, the small country about the size of Long Island, suffers a high rate of road deaths and injuries. Traffic police statistics show about eight people are killed or injured daily in road crashes.
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Tel Aviv
Tarael
Israel
New York
Long Island
Cultural beliefs and local lore under scrutiny pamphlet argues
The pamphlet suggests exposing cult-like practices such as Yoo doo to reduce their power. It emphasizes preserving traditional beliefs while integrating them into local folklore and public discourse. The text hints at altering public perception of occult remedies and cures.
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