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...Northcote Parkinson, Raffles Professor of History at the University of Malaya and author of the satiric Parkinson's Law, will speak this afternoon at 3 p.m. in Burr B (not in Lamont Forum Room as previously announced). His topic: "Parkinson...
...countenances, Congressmen and grim pedagogues have proposed a "crash program" for science in the secondary schools. But the problem is not only science; a New Republic feature article disclosed that three quarters of the students in the South--on into their freshman classes at college--couldn't identify Aaron Burr, Leon Trotsky, Martin Luther, or Aristotle ("one of Christ's disciples," wrote a college freshman). Parents, employers, and college instuctors are discovering that great percentages of youth can't spell properly, read quickly, write legibly, or express themselves comprehensibly...
...improvements in the University's provisions for commuters since 1933, when they ate lunch in a "Black Hole of Calcutta" in PBH were outlined by Charles P. Whitlock, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Dudley House...
...looking for one. He is 55, says the National Association of Investment Companies, earns $6,542 a year, has mutual-fund holdings of $4,171, which he bought for retirement and protection against inflations. "The kind of people who buy mutual funds,'' says Edward B. Burr, executive vice president of One William Street, "intend to keep their shares ten, 20 years, or for life...
...youth looked like the top man in his trade. With his countryman Merv Lincoln tagging along behind him, Herb loped over the grassy turf track with the stride of an astonished ostrich. He stuck to the early pacemakers with ease. When Texas' Drew Dunlap and Maryland's Burr Grim pulled him through a 2:00.5 first half, Herb knew he was running a hot mile. In the third quarter, his pacemakers began to burn out, and Herb went into business for himself. He opened a steadily widening lead, finished 20 yds. in front of Lincoln, who was clocked...