11 MAY 1929, page 13

The Situation On The Stock Markets.

In spite of the fact that prices of securities on the New York Stock Exchange remain amazingly and persistently high. there are increasing misgivings among responsible......

Some Education Figures.

From $781,707,000 in 1913-14, educational expenditures in the United States, according to a recent survey in a Report by the Committee on economic changes—of which President......

The Success Of The T ▪ Alkie • S Recent Achievements Of

the talking motion picture and its varied possibilities have aroused the enthusiasm alike of dramatic critics, producers, theatregoers, scientists and educators. The talking......

A " Preface To Morals."

The literary event of the week is the publication of Walter Lipmann's Preface to Morals. Mr. Lipmann is one of the Editors of the New York World, and is commonly regarded as......

The Honour Of The Press.

An avalanche of newspaper protest has followed the revelation that one of the large power companies had invested substantial sums in purchasing an interest in various news-......

American Notes Of The Week

(By Cable) [The SPECTATOR hopes to publish week by week a survey of news and opinion in America, cabled from New York by our American correspondent.] AN ATTACK ON MR. ANDREW......

President Hoover's Physical Condition Has Occasioned Some...

new President takes office, his health becomes of national concern and a member of the medical staff of the Army or the Navy is assigned to live at White House and look after......