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...second half the desperate Johnnics buckled down and threatened several times but still to no avail. The Tiger remained untamed, for the third period found another counter added to the Orange and Black collection...
...foot. ... In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god-give up that source of fear and hope which in the past placed such vast power in the hands of priests. They will have to avail themselves of those forces which are capable of cultivating the Good, the True and the Beautiful in Humanity itself...
Suddenly they noticed that young Freiwald's pulse was slowing down. Frantically the two men applied artificial respiration, but to no avail. At 10:04 they called the police for oxygen tanks and a Pulmotor. In six minutes the police arrived. For two hours they worked over the boy, until the county physician pronounced him dead. The osteopaths insisted on continuing resuscitation until finally, a little after 3 o'clock, they gave up. Walter Freiwald had died from too much ether in his lungs and brain...
...bright boys" have invariably monopolized the floor; or he has attempted in three short quarters of an hour to "cover" a half-year's work. Such superficial treatment, often caused by the fact that instructors, like students, are busy around exam time, is obviously of no avail. What the students want is a comprehensive review, indicating the important trends in a course, and relating them to the course as a whole. But often the section man, knowing the content of his coming exam, feels that he must bend over backwards to avoid stressing the topics which will be brought...
Those who avail themselves of this privilege do not necessarily endorse the policy of the H.S.U. as a whole, but merely pledge themselves on the following points: 1. to fight to keep America out of the war, 2. to oppose those acts of the Administration or any other group which tend to involve the U.S. in the war, and 3. to fight for the strengthening and extension of our democracy at home...