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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite these developments, the bill for repeal--which was sent back to committee by the Senate last July--may face an uncertain future when Congress reconvenes next month. J. Peterson Elder, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, who administered the graduate fellowships under the NDEA last spring, says he is "hopeful about the Senate, but doubtful about the House." In his capacity as president of the Association of Graduate Schools, Elder has sent telegrams discussing the NDEA affidavit to Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, and to Senators Lyndon B. Johnson and Lister Hill...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Opposition Rises Against Affidavit In NDEA Loans | 12/10/1959 | See Source »

With its press working, the varsity battled back, and ran off six straight points. When the Crimson moved into a full court press with 4:30 left in the half, tempers began to flare. Wesleyan wisely stayed calm when it counted, taking advantage of the varsity's over-eagerness to build its margin to 43 to 29 by intermission...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Cards Whip Varsity Five | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

...beginning of the second half, the Crimson roared back, outscoring the Cardinals 9 to 1 in the first five minutes. Some fine shooting by Ed Cuffe and good defense and rebounding by Bryant Danner led the Crimson surge. The varsity moved to within three points, 52 to 49, with ten minutes remaining, but Wesleyan recovered. A three-point play by Dick Dubanoski gave the Cardinals a 59-52 spread with only eight minutes left, and it was all over for the varsity...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Cards Whip Varsity Five | 12/9/1959 | See Source »

Bristling. In Memphis, Brush Salesman Stanley Brown was fined $153 for trying to force a housewife into her bathtub so that he could demonstrate a back-scrubbing brush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 7, 1959 | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

...assembled at Forest Lawn. The first of these was Edith Barrett Parson's Duck Baby, later followed by a vast sculpture group called The Mystery of Life, in which 22 figures watch a baby chick as it hatches out of an egg. From Europe, Eaton also brought back plans of three famous British churches-the one where Gray wrote his Elegy, the one where, according to legend, Annie Laurie prayed for her lost lover, the one where Kipling was (possibly) inspired to write Recessional-and had them rebuilt in Forest Lawn. The churches were intended for funerals, but last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Disneyland of Death | 12/7/1959 | See Source »

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