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This page combines book reviews with travel advertising. The main satirical content is "Block That Neck!" — a brief joke from *The Michigan Alumnus* contrasting spending priorities at universities. The joke criticizes University of Michigan students for spending approximately $80,000 yearly on dances, while the University of Wisconsin spends $100,000 annually on dancing and amusement. The humor lies in the absurdity: Wisconsin boasts a "Conference championship in 'fussing'" (flirting/romantic activity), attributing this dubious achievement to their lavish entertainment spending. The satire mocks both institutions for prioritizing social activities over academics, and Wisconsin's pride in this frivolous "championship." The page also features travel advertisements for Santa Fe Railway's New Mexico tours and Chateau Frontenac in Quebec — typical period marketing targeting affluent readers. The "book reviews" section is standard literary coverage, mentioning works by established authors like Robert Browne and Ben Hecht.

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In no other way can you hope to see so much of a vast, fascinating region in so short a time, and the same economy, the same com- fort. A three days’ personally con- ducted motor trip through oldest America, visiting ancient Indian pueblos and prehistoric cliff dwell- ings in the New Mexico Rockies, between Las Vegas and Albu- querque, and forming a part of the transcontinental rail journey. Only $45, with everything pro- vided—meals, lodging and motor transportation—under expert Santa Fe-Fred Harvey manage- ment. There will be optional side trips and “land cruises” in charge of spe- cially trained couriers, for those who wish to extend their travels off- the-beaten-path, mail coupon Mr W. J, Mack, Paw Traf. Mer. Santa Fe Sys. 1110-4 Railway Exchange, ‘ubeago, HL LIFE - Among the New Books A Casual Commentary. By Rose Macaulay (Boni & Liveright). A lead ings sets forth her views on y and divers subjects. To be re viewed next week The Old Home Town. By Rupert Hughes (Harper). What the invasion ot some dashing young men from the East, enlisted by a great engineering project, did to a sleepy Iowa town. Cyclops’ Eye. By Joseph At (Harper). A book of ve The Crater. By Robert Browne (Doran). According to the jacket, three lives hung on the edge of emotional abyss, with dark- est and most dangerous Africa as a back id. The Tents of Jacob. By Hyman Cohen (McBride). T novel of a Jewish ¢ Russia wherein the id achieve a peace and unity denied the less fortunate mem: bers of their race Dean Briggs. By Rollo Walter Brown (Harper). The biography of a xreat college . Lonesome Road. By Paul Green (McBride). Six plays for the Theatre Travel Charts and Travel Chats. By Frederick L. Coll bbs-M. i the D Kar him. Extremely inter- sting When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad. By Albert Crockett (Munk & Wagnalls) rals and personalities zo set down in a read- informing fashion. Count Bruga. By Ben Hecht (Boni right). The latest literary lark fa provocative pen. The Breeze in the Moonlight Translated fr: the Chinese by George Soulié de Morant and H. Bedford second book of which falls considerably shor The Painted Stallion. By Hal G Evarts (Littl, Brown). There is a picture of a cowboy on the cover. The Misty Curtain. By Norma H. Pakeman (St Ut, Le other wart Singing Rawhides. lersey With drawings Delano (Dor A book of Wes ballad: High Cou’ By Courtney Ryley Cooper (Litt Z All it the Rocky M ins, past and present A Brazilian Tenement. By Aluiziv Azevedo (McBride). Translated by Harry W. Brown, A leading South rican man of letters pictures the of itcast Brazilian community of the eig s BLL Block That Neck! (From “The Michigan Alumuns’ “TIGURES taken from the b everal local da halls by Daily show that yearly is amount spent for dar of the University. 7 1 the amount sper he University of Wi recent re f that institution, which claim Conference champion ship in ‘fussing ue to the fact that $100,000 is spent every year by Wiscon lents for dancing and lke amuse- ments The City of the Quaint Here beside the St. Lawrence, Champlain came and_ builc Snug Normandy maisons sprung up within the battlements. It was France these people brought....and Old France is here today. Its ox-drawn ploughs and dog-drawn carts. Even to the castle on the heights, the scene is of three centuries ago, But—this castle is the Chateau Frontenac. Within, all that the ewentieth century knows of comfort awaits you. ReServations at Canadian Pacific, 344 Madison Avenue at 44th Street, New York; 71 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago; 405 Boylston Screet, Boston; or Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada. CHATEAU FRONTENAC Bienvenue i Québec comicbooks.com