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Dates: during 1940-1949
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College-wide deconversion of overcrowded House and dormitory rooms to pre-war occupancy figures will begin at mid-term, Associate Dean Robert B. Watson '37, announced yesterday...
...little (pop. 5,200) Bavarian village of Oberammergau one day last week, the townspeople stood silent in the sundrenched street. Inside the town hall, 25 elders and the parish priest were solemnly deciding who should play the 16 major roles of the 300-year-old Passion Play, scheduled to begin its first season in 16 years next May 21. As each part was filled, the town crier-a young man with shoulder-length blond hair-wrote the names on a blackboard for the people...
...thought about education." "Me either," said Mortimer. "I'm a philosopher." The only thoughts he had about education, he went on to say, had come from Columbia's John Erskine, who had taught a general course in "the great books" of Western civilization. Adler thought Hutchins should begin reading them too. "He broadly hinted," Hutchins said later, "that the president of an educational institution ought to have some education. For two years we discussed these matters, and then, at the age of 32, my education began in earnest." The Order of Goods. The education of Robert Maynard Hutchins...
...eagerly. It may well be the end of the gradual slump which this area has felt since the textile shutdowns in 1921; possibly, New England can one day rival the midwest in basic industrial strength. As one commenter put it, "When New England gets a steel mill, it will begin a new era of leadership in American industry...
Almost 500 College car-owners are expected on the roads and R. S. Robie's fleet of 40 cars is fully rented out for the weekend. Massachusetts State Police announced last night that all available men will this afternoon begin a weekend vigil on the highways to guarantee safety...