Word: beacons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When I went to the Union yesterday for lunch, a copy of the "Beacon" was given to me. In the upper right hand column I saw an article blasting the incident and immediately coming to the conclusion that there was "racism" at Harvard. Like the "Beacon", I was indignant concerning the entire affair. Unlike the "Beacon", In consider the matter a reflection on the ridiculous sense of humor possessed by a few students. The action of these students should not be, and has not been a regular practice of Harvard University. This incident should have been settled through the Freshman...
...agree with the "Beacon" that the cross burning incident is a very distressing occurrence. But their reference to "racism" at Harvard was in poor taste, and in my estimation shifted the emphasis away from the true root of the problem. Clifford L. Alexander...
...Council also recommended that a flashing beacon be placed at the corner of Mt. Auburn and DeWolfe Streets and called for a report on accidents in this area...
Inserted between Marie du Port and a newsreel is an extremely amusing French burlesque on American "coming attraction" trailers. Entitled The Loves of Franciscan it employs old silent films, trick photography, and punned names for credits. One woman told the the Beacon Hill's manager that she liked the short so much that she didn't want to miss the motion picture, when it arrived...
Ready for Politics. In 1926, Lodge married Emily Sears, daughter of a wealthy Beacon Street physician, and settled down to a newspaper apprenticeship. He covered the Coolidge Commission's "restoration of orderly government" in Nicaragua for the New York Herald Tribune, attended the London Naval Conference, and rounded out his experience with a swing around the world "to observe the different methods of government" in colonial areas. Then, at 30, he was ready for politics. In 1932, he ran for the Massachusetts state legislature and won. Four years later after putting through 20 labor bills (mostly on workmen...