The paper had a selection of short verses and excerpt from longer poems. The choices this Sunday were:
“He Will Dig Deeply” from The Lantern by Alberta Quinn
“Eternal Contour” from “Phoenix Nest” in Saturday Review of Literature by Florida Watts Smyth
“Thoughts of Exeter” from American Weave by Howard Ramsden
“To One Newly Interested in Words” from Kaleidograph by Blanche Hazel Gillespie
“Magnolias” from The Christian Science Monitor by Silence Buck Bellows
The second section included an education page with news from campuses around the country and a science page on the latest discoveries and technology. It also reported that the House had passed a motion supporting US participation in UNESCO.
In an interview with the international edition of the Herald Tribune, Irene Joliet-Curie expressed her displeasure that the French had not received proper credit for their role in atomic research. She expressed no opinion over the use of this research on the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In an ad the City College adult program offered short, intensive, moderately priced courses for very busy New Yorkers in association with the New York Public Library. The courses highlighted included:
Radio script writing taught by the former director of “The Aldritch family” and “The Mystery Theatre”
Designing in Plastics
Art for Advertising
Mexico Today, designed for prospective visitors.
Other courses included :
Textile Design
How to Relax
Sketching the Banks of the Hudson
Conversational Foreign languages using the Army method
How to Read Better and Faster
Gem and Stone Engraving
Doing Art Work With Your Children,
Most courses were $10. The college also organized courses on the premises of commercial, industrial and other organizations.