Notes

Cigar. At Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., Prof. Miller D. Steever, bet a "good cigar" that Roland S. Finley, senior student, could not get a job within 24 hours because "it was hard even for a man willing to work to get a job." This was to prove that unemployment was widespread in the U. S., "a serious indictment of our social organization."

Student Finley went anonymously to Manhattan; failed twice; on the third application got work making radio loudspeakers at 37 cents an hour. For proof he took his time card back to Lafayette. Thereby he forfeited his pay, but won Professor Steever's "good cigar."

Rockefeller Abroad. At Oxford University, England, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Cave, last week opened a new school of biochemistry. Rockefeller money provided $175,000 toward the cost of the building and $100,000 for its maintenance. The university contributed $125,000.

Languages Dropped. Case School of Applied Science at Cleveland last week deleted all studies of foreign language from its schedules, substituting courses in economics, history and related subjects. The reason: Case graduates have had too little use for foreign languages.

Dean Slagle. At Princeton Jacob W. Slagle, 1926, won his letter in football and baseball and a place on the All-American football eleven. Also, he won honors in his geology course. For his athletic skill the University this year appointed him assistant football coach; for his academic record the trustees last week made him assistant to Dean Christian Gauss. Mornings he helps train undergraduates not to cut classes or commit other minor offenses; afternoons he helps train the University eleven.

At Mercersburg Academy, at

Mercersburg, Pa., famed as the preparatory school that John Coolidge attended, alumni last week elected as their president Lieutenant Commander Joel T. Boone, President Coolidge's personal physician. They also gave a testimonial dinner to Headmaster William Mann Irvine, who is beginning his 35th year with the school's faculty.