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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statement that "we should not be too concerned about the permanence of the group," Derek T. Winans '60, a delegate from the Harvard Young Democratic Club, urged permanent proportional representation. Winans stated that his plan would be to give the Forum "substance" and do away with its present ad hoc status. Smith also urged formalization, admitting that "we're lukewarm, waiting to see what develops...
...however, the Administration has not indicated that it will tackle the problems on any comprehensive scale, but will rather deal with specific issues on an ad hoc basis...
...mother," began the ad in a Manhattan newspaper, "of a gentle and lovable child whom the doctors term hopelessly feebleminded. My son is without playmates, without education of any kind. Surely there must be other parents like myself. Where are you? Let's band together and do something for our children." Summoned by this appeal, a determined band of parents in 1949 founded the New York State Association for the Help of Retarded Children to strengthen and direct their demands for better clinics and training schools for feeble-minded children. A new book growing out of the association...
Perhaps the funniest part of the present "foreign intrigue issue" is an ad on page nineteen--"Subscribe now to the Harvard Lampoon ... a magazine of humorous significance." Running a close second is an ad for the Casino Theatre on the opposite page which proclaims with two pictures "The return of happiness...IRMA THE BODY." Irma may be fairly repulsive, but she is pretty funny...
...Passing Seine. In Las Vegas, Nev.. the daily Sun printed an ad: "FISHNET, clean, 4 x 6 ft., suitable for den decoration or butterfly nets. Will exchange for halibut fillets...