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...proposals have been put forward by Jesuit echelons for consideration by their society's 31st General Congregation. Among the principal suggestions for reform are: 1) election of the general for six, seven or twelve years rather than life; 2) shortening the normal 15-year training period before ordination; and 3) providing more authority for the provincials (area chiefs) and more democracy within their provinces. Also to be considered are elimination of the elite Jesuit "professed," who take a fourth vow of personal loyalty to the Pope in addition to the standard vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and revamping...
Sirs: I found to my great surprise that my age was increased four years by you in the article, "Thrills, Spills & Pola Negri" [Nov. 20]. The magazine stated that I was 69 years old. In reality, according to my birth certificate and passport, I was born on the 31st of December...
...Harvard squash team waded through several feet of snow to get to Montreal and play McGill Saturday. The elements didn't affect Harvard though; the Crimson walloped the Canadians, 7-2, for their 31st straight win in a streak dating back three seasons...
...Italian picked the worst turn on the course, a tight hairpin, as a likely spot to make his move. Four times he tried to slip past; four times he failed-coming so close to Hill's B.R.M. that the Briton shook his fist in anger. On the 31st lap he tried again-and this time he slammed into the B.R.M., bounced it clear off the track into a fence. Tail pipes bent, title hopes shattered, Hill limped into the pits and exploded with rage: "Rank amateur driving. Inexcusable." That put Surtees fourth, but after 63 laps, Clark...
Died. Herbert Hoover, 90, 31st President of the U.S.; in Manhattan (see THE NATION...