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Monro did not take long to go into action. It was he who provided most of the impetus for the precedent-breaking student porter plan (see below). And last spring John W. Holt was released as director of Student Employment and replaced by Graham R. Taylor '49 amidst rumors of policy clashes, especially about favoritism to athletes...
...Amidst the babel, the voice of Sugar Ray was heard again in the New York Post. A fellow had come up behind him the other night, said Sugar Ray, grabbed him by the neck and demanded to know where he stood in the argument. "I had to tell him, 'Daddy-O, ungather my dry goods or I'll have to let you have it,' " said Sugar. With the air of a man trying to be helpful to his friend Winchell, Sugar explained that Walter had told him about the Stork Club long ago. "I called...
...band played, cheerleaders cavorted, and nearly a thousand men, twelve women, and sundry gamins massed before the Blockhouse for a quiet pre-Princeton game rally last night. Amidst a din of cheers, catcalls, and exploding fire-crackers, the throng heard the Crimson's end coach Joe Maras predict that the Harvard team on the field today will be "one of the most spirited and determined ever." Line coach Ted Schmidt asked for "as much support at the game as you're showing tonight...
...formally educated individual would be made acquainted with what the agencies of mass communication are their dangers as well as their usefulness, their commercial motivations as well as their educational possibilities--all very concretely in terms of names and places. He would have learned to discriminate and choose amidst the welter of news and opinion. He would have acquired a sales resistance, and yet know how to buy; an initial skepticism which would nevertheless permit him to believe. He would, in short, be the maker and guardian of his own mind...
...formally educated individual would be made acquainted with what the agencies of mass communication are their dangers as well as their usefulness, their commercial motivations as well as their educational possibilities--all very concretely in terms of names and places. He would have learned to discriminate and choose amidst the welter of news and opinion. He would have acquired a sales resistance, and yet know how to buy; an initial skepticism which would nevertheless permit him to believe. He would, in short, be the maker and guardian of his own mind...