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Meddlers Beware. Politicians and chair-warmers who tried to fight blunt Dr. Hawley came out second best. Angered by pork-hungry Congressmen who wanted V.A. hospitals in out-of-the-way places, Hawley cracked: "I recommend that we build hospitals like they do hog houses in Indiana-on skids. Then they could be hauled around from one congressional district to another just before election...
David M. Hollister '51 as John of Lancaster; Robert E. Rockman '46 as Earl of Westmoreland; Richard Atkinson as Sir Walter Blunt; Timothy G. Foote '50 as Mortimer; Donald H. Kaplan '51 as Earl of Douglas; Robert Clafiin '50 as Owen Glendower; Charles Sedgwick 2G as Vernon; Anthony A. Piano '47 as Poins...
...School Try. Taylor's "blunt honesty" was admired by the Louisville Courier-Journal, which nevertheless found some practical objections: "Dr. Taylor overlooks some of the reasons for the sham of amateurism. Football players are less expensive when paid with [scholarships]. Besides the cash value . . . the prestige, popularity and coeducational opportunities of the successful campus athlete are premiums an honest system would find it hard to replace. And even if a team could be operated as cheaply with time-clock players, box-office figures prove that the old school try still outdraws the frankly professional game...
Climax of the rally was a Sunday mass meeting in St. Peter's Square to hear the Pope's address. The blunt speech left little doubt about the urgency of the Church's fight with world Communism. "The time for reflection and planning is past," the Pontiff said. "The opposing fronts in the religious and moral fields are becoming ever more clearly defined. The time of test is here. Are you ready?" Beneath him the crowd roared a thunderous...
Questions & Cross Reference. In Hollywood, 50-year-old Pastor Evans uses the same earnest, blunt sincerity that took him through successful pastorates at Wilmington, Calif., Pomona, Calif, and Pittsburgh. A forceful, straight-from-the-shoulder pulpit speaker, he still likes to pose direct questions to his congregations. Sample sermon title: "Honestly Now, Shall I Drink?" On an average Sunday, some 4,000 Hollywoodians turn out to hear what he will answer to such questions. After preaching three services each Sunday, Dr. Evans usually makes at least three other full-fledged addresses during the week. Explains one Evans admirer: "He doesn...