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This action on the ticket situation was termed "emergency" by members of the Council, who explained that they thought the service should properly be a function of the Harvard Athletic Association. The HAA is bound to conform with an Ivy League ruling that no ticket prices shall be refunded, but several Council members stated that they considered the clearance service which they are sponsoring this week to be "in the demain of Bingham...
...faculty some 250 years ago, Winchester's cloistered walls seldom echo to serious trouble. Says Headmaster Oakeshott: "The boys seem to accept the proposition that there are certain things which are just not done, not from a fear of punishment, but from a desire to conform to tradition...
...professors have always to conform and avoid unpopular views whether in class or out what kind of men will they be? And where will our young men and women go to hear and weigh new ideas, to consider both sides and acquire balance and integrity...
Says Messerschmitt: "You must conform to the needs of the times. I would rather be building planes. When the opportunity presents itself, I will...
...Leonard wrote a letter to a local newspaper criticizing the gross receipts tax and urging instead a state income tax. He spoke purely as a private citizen, but he was called in by a Rutgers official and told that since his letter reflected a viewpoint, that viewpoint should conform more closely to that of the college administration...