Word: annexations
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...first national election was in no sense the culmination of a people's long struggle to be free. At best it was the hopeful byproduct of a diplomats' compromise, reached between Sudan's master, Imperial Britain, and its expansion-minded neighbor, Egypt. The British annexed Sudan in 1899, after an Anglo-Egyptian army defeated Mahdi's followers at the battle of Omdurman. At first both London and Cairo shared the administration, but in 1925 the British kicked their partner out. Egyptian independence left Sudan as the northern bulwark of Britain's East African Empire. Sudan...
That day has come. The Houses are clearly overcrowded. Although every bit of existing space is used, some 150 students must be shunted off to Claverly. Whether you call Claverly a Hall or a House Annex, it still has a stigma for those who live there. An eighth House would eliminate the Claverly problem; it would also alleviate some of the worst cases of crowding in the other Houses. And by the time a new House would become a reality, the yearly admissions rise could fill the rest...
...sense. There are about four times as many Italians as Yugoslavians in Zone A, while in Zone B the Slavs are the majority. But Triestini fear that any partition along blood liners could only be temporary and when the U. S. British occupation troops are withdrawn, Tito will quickly annex Zone A as well. There are other disadvantages in the proposal. No provision has yet been made that would guarantee Trieste as a free port. Austria and the Slavic countries need this outlet to the Adriatic, and without their trade, the port could not continue. Another practical consideration...
...Annex officials are pleased with joint instruction, but they bristle when outsiders call it co-education. Jordan admits the difference between the Harvard-Radcliffe arrangement and a standard co-educational university may by slight, but he thinks that co-ordinate instruction is responsible for a great many applicants who wouldn't have applied had the two schools been completely merged...
...money available for scholarship aid both at Radcliffe and at similar institutions is far from what Jordan and other Annex officials would wish. Because of this, Radcliffe is a national college only in the sense that it draws its enrollment from all sections of the country...