Word: civic
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Asses' Milk. Last week, at its headquarters in Chicago's Civic Opera Building, EB was getting ready to celebrate a milestone in its history: its 50th year under U.S. ownership. Meanwhile, the 1951 printing (prices: $239.95 & up) had just gone to press, with 38 million words, 17,600 illustrations, and 41,200 articles from 4,060 contributors. But in spite of all this, EB's editorial board could hardly pause for breath. "You may be just about completed with 1951," says Editor Walter Yust of his job. "But then you've already started...
...highly pleased that the mess hall people are taking corrective action, however belated. As a civic-minded institution, you should offer praise, not criticism. Dwight B. Minnich...
Active in civic affairs, Lund is former chairman of the Duxbury School Committee, a member of the Republican Town Committee, and a trustee of the Boston Museum of Science. His son, John C. Lund, is in the Class...
...umpire shouting "Play Ball!" at Ebbets Field, the whimper of a puppy. Last week, from Gibraltar to Korea, British soldiers & sailors were also hearing the sounds of home. A BBC overseas program called You Asked for It carried such nostalgic sounds as the chime of Southampton's Civic Center clock striking 8, the rumble of the Welsh express going through the Severn tunnel, the Dunstable Salvation Army band blowing itself "pink in the face beside the traffic lights on a Saturday evening...
Especially since the inauguration of Plan E, the city has called on professors to serve on its boards of experts. Gordon M. Fair, master of Dunster House, for instance, is now a member of the water board, while Gordon W. Allport, professor of Psychology, works with the Civic Unity Committee, a group engaged in combatting prejudice. Dean Hudnut helped plan the Cambridge War Memorial at the Council's request, and Professor Alfred D. Simpson of the School of Education prepared the report which has been the basis for Cambridge public school reform since...