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LoPresti also made plain his views on penology. "Everybody seems to agree that the institution there (Framingham) is in an awful mess. But, they all add,what can you do about it?" he complained. He had opposed Dr. Van Waters' methods "in legislative hearings and from the floor of the Senate," but "no previous Commissioner has dared to differ with Dr. Van Waters. Even members of the legislature kowtow to her." LePresti's interest in Framingham was hardly limited to an investigation of the suicide. He felt that the Reformatory was a sinkhole of immorality and favoritism...

Author: By David II. Wright, | Title: Six-Month Fight Ends In Van Waters Ouster | 2/16/1949 | See Source »

...eight of them on the West Coast and in the Pacific) and laying up 72 vessels (only 15 of them major combat ships) to squeeze inside its budget. In doing so, the Navy was also shifting its weight around, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, where the Navy would add 30 new combat ships. But the Navy, already possessor of the mightiest aircraft carrier fleet in history, was still going ahead with the building of its mammoth 65,000-ton supercarrier United States, hoping to prove that long-range bombing is its business as well as the Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: No Easy Way | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

When Father Robert I. Gannon became president of Fordham University, he promised "not to add a single student to the rolls," but in 13 years, Fordham's enrollment jumped from 7,300 to 14,000 Last week as he retired (TIME, Jan. 17), his successor, Father Laurence J. McGinley, said he hoped that the rise was over. "Education," said he, "has reached the point . . . where it is doing a little quiet self-analysis ..." A college might soon not have to worry about how many students it must educate, but which students it should educate, for one thing was constant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Buyer's Market | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

...from Maine fared no better with their epees. Giles Constable, Captain Johnny Agar, and Ken Yates had little trouble picking up three touches three times apiece to add another nine points to the Crimson tally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Fencers Subdue Bowdoin | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

When even BU, which turned Wednesday's game into an alley fight, terms Army "a rough team," it stands to reason that tonight won't be an easy night for the Crimson. Add to this the fact that traditionally liberal West Point officials will be on hand, and matters become even worse...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Sextet, Minus Carman, Plays Cadets at West Point Today | 2/12/1949 | See Source »

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