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...President's Commission on Higher Education, recommending a giant plan of federal aid a year ago, left a loophole for private colleges. On the premise that states should have complete administrative control, the Commission advised that states should also be able to decide what college is private and what college isn't, which is a bit subtler than the Taft arrangement, but essentially the same...
When young William Purcell Witcutt was studying for the Anglican ministry some 20 years ago, he met Roman Catholicism's famed Author-Convert G. K. Chesterton. Under Chesterton's influence, Witcutt renounced his faith. In 1934 he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest, and was assigned to St. Anne's parish, Wappenbury. His sermons and writings (including Catholic Thought and Modern Psychology) were so successful that by last year, at 41, he was regarded as close to the top rank of England's Catholic literati. Then suddenly, last October, he disappeared, and until a month ago...
...weeks ago Waltham laid off its 2,300 workers. Last week, Waltham appealed to the RFC for a $9,000,000 loan. Pressed by Massachusetts Congressmen, RFC loaned $350,000, with a promise of $650,000 more if the banks agreed. This first transfusion was only enough to reopen Waltham for a few weeks-and with a skeleton force. But President Johnson hoped that there would be more forthcoming, and that he could get Waltham ticking again...
...staff are fully aware of the trouble, which has been brewing for some time and poses a knotty problem, and an informal study (including a poll of former Harvard athletes) was begun last year to seek a solution. Mr. Bingham alerted both athletic committees for future action some time ago...
Every night a number of neatly-uniformed policemen scurry down Massachusetts Avenue. Until just over a week ago, they carefully fettered each of the gates which cut through Wigglesworth. Now they leave them invitingly open until 11 p.m. This concession is a small but welcome contribution to the advancement of higher education...