AMERICANISM DEFINED
America owes its greatness to trie "manifold contributions made by men, and women of different rasje creed and tongue,'' according to Luther B. Harr, City Treasurer, of Philadelphia. "To be a true American is difficult " Mr Harr told Boy Scouts at Camp Delmont recently. "It requires intelligence, tolerance t generosity, courage and strength.'* ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR The absent-minded professor is rio myth in Blacksburk, says a U.S.aF exchange,. They tell this one on, a Virginia Tech faculty member: He drove his automobile to a near-by 5 " town forgot he had it, and came home on the train. Realising ha would have to go back for his car. he returned to the railroad station —and bought a round-trip ticket.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 72, 9 October 1939, Page 2
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