Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Speaking immediately preceding the voting, Wilber J. Bender '27, newly-appointed Dean of the College, first outline the University chain of command for the Council members and them tackled the problem of student apathy...
...moments, then Churchill's chubby face, still flushed, broke into a smile. The thunderstorm was over and they parted amicably. An M.P. privately explained: "Churchill also had difficulty with Wavell. He didn't give any reason when he fired Wavell from his Middle East command. There has been growing friction between Wavell and the Government...
...gratified that the Harvard Food Relief Committee has chosen to transmit Harvard's contribution through World Student Service Fund. We command you for the generous goal of $25,000 that you have established. The needs of 400,000 university students in war-devastated areas amply justify your efforts...
Last week the Star was in mourning. The day after its presses had rolled (after a carriers' strike), its white-haired president, Earl McCollum, had died. The man who took command last week, after briskly settling the strike, was ably affable Roy Allison Roberts, 59, the fat and florid extrovert who, as managing editor for 19 years, has been the driving force behind the strongest newspaper monopoly...
Wherever the command had come from, Rodzinski was also moved by a strong negative reason. New York is a big place, in a sense, but it cramped Rodzinski's style; the town was not big enough to hold both him and Arthur Judson. "You cannot play music with one ear on the box office," says Rodzinski. And the box office means Judson. He is not only the man behind the Philharmonic, but the man who conies nearest to controlling classical music in the U.S. The 30-man Philharmonic board, a collection of socialites, Wall Streeters, amateurs of the arts...