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.