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...Youth. Whiskers are vanishing. B) While the tendency has been toward more head-hair, it is fairly safe to assume that the crew-cut, now pretty well established in academic circles, especially with the young, will prevail. C) Eyebrows appear to have become heavier (see Conant), therefore it would seem reasonable to expect heavier brows than formerly. D) Eyeglasses come an go, but since two out of the last three presidents have worn em, I feel if not too extreme to look forward to double lenses. This is the least accurate, perhaps, of the items in my prognostication. There...
Officials in Massachusetts hall are removing the mirrors in preparation for the arrival of Harvard's next president, pictured on the right. The new Yorker's R. Taylor yesterday revealed that this youngster will be Conant's successor. Taylor s the illustrator of "Fractured French" and the author of the cartoon book, "The Better Taylors...
...nose appears to be shrinking. F) Ditto ears, G) If Conant's is any indication of a trend, we may expect a breeder grin. B) The chin, in the American male, seems to be diminishing. There many be little or none of this. 1) Dress is, of course, becoming less and less formal. If may be that tirelessness and colorlessness will be the order...
...this respect, President Eisenhower and former President Conant are better guides. The first has told us that . . . 'No man flying a war plane, no man with a defensive gun in his hand, can possibly be more important than the teacher.' The second has declared that . . . convincing evidence that a teacher is a member of the Communist Party is prima facie evidence of educational unfitness. Wisdom requires, however, that the faculties themselves administer these principles, and not outside agencies...
...used Mr. Conant's general head shape, a popular present-day size and evidently of sturdy construction--also some of his hair, one of his ears and the set of his mouth; Mr. Lowell's mustache, one of his eyes, his chin and his cellar (and I have no reason to doubt the one in the photo--that the CRIMSON sent--is his own, contrary to rumors from New Haven); Mr. Eliot's nose for nostalgic reasons, one eye and his virile hirsuteness...