MUDAI', MARCH lì«, 19R7
T H E B O N N E V I L L E DAM C H R O N I C L E
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Scenes and Persons in the Current News
Chicago Coeds Shake a Mean Leg
1—F ren ch officialdom assem bles a t cerem onies in which a bust of the late Myron T. H errick, A m erican
am bassad o r to F ran ce, is unveiled. 2—A rthur J. A ltm eyer, recently appointed chairm an of the social se­
curity board to succeed John G. Winant. 3—B atallion of the fam ous International brigade credited with sav­
ing M adrid from assaults of the rebels.
U niversity of Chicago coeds “ swing it” in reh earsals for the annual
show of the M irror, w om en’s dram atic society. A tower of the famous
old school looms in the background, gazing down austerely or, the modern
collegiate chorus girls. Left, to right: M arjorie Kuh, F ran k ie Burns.
M arjorie Ryser, Louise Huffaker.
See Your Voice as Others Hear It
The gadget being dem onstrated here by Mme. Sara Kopelle, m ovie
d ram a coach, and Nan Grey, film actress in Hollywood, is called the
kym ograph. Developed by a London physicist, the device reg isters by
graph the vibrations of the hum an voice, m aking m istakes in speech
plainly visible. It is being used in the train in g of actors and actresses.
G. B. Shaw Sits for the Sculptor
NEW SOVIET OFFICIAL
G eorge B ernard Shaw, B ritish playw right and caustic critic of m od­
ern life (left), pictured in London with the sculptor Sava Botzaris and
the bust which sculptor Sava Botzaris is m aking of him which is to be
cast in bronze and gilt.
A recent photograph of Vice P re
m ier Valery Ivanovitch Mezhlauk,
who has been appointed to the post
of co m m issar of heavy industry of
the U. S. S. R. to succeed Gregory
K. Ordjonikidze, who died recently
Mezhlauk is well known in the
United States, having traveled ex­
tensively about industrial centers
here. He is an exponent of A m eri­
can m ethods of production.
Vision of the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition
A vision of the 1939 Golden G ate International exposition, now rising from the w aters of San F rancisco
bay. This is A rchitectural A rtist Chesley B onestell’s conception of th a t section of the 400-acre exposition
which faces Y erba Buena island and the B ay bridge, and is a t rig h t angles to the m ain gateway.
Savant Discovers New Comet
Dr. F red L. Whipple of the H arvard observatory, who announced
recently the discovery of a new sm all com et in the constellation Canes
Venatici (the hunting dogs), is shown in his office at H arvard univer­
sity, checking over negatives m ade a t night of the stars. The com et,
which ha a tail about “ one degree long” and is of the twelfth m agnitude,
was discovered by the astronom er when he exam ined a photographie
plate he had taken.