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Traditionalist Princeton has never allowed itself to slip out of modern American education's mainstream. Although the College operates for the most part within a framework of custom loving conservatism and the graduate school has not yet assumed significant size, "Princeton" the community is alive with intellectual adventure. There the Institute for Advanced Studies conducts its profound theoretical explorations; across town at headquarters of the Gallup Poll experts from the University's Office of Public Opinion Research provide technical assistance in the delicate process of national pulse-taking...
...Nassau Custom...
...post game custom of dismembering the goal-posts was noted to have sadly deteriorated. Saturday the Rutgerites rushed from their allotted seats and proceeded to tear down the Scarlet (defended at the terminus of hostilities) cross bar and supports, while Crimson fans implemented by high-octane fuel, successfully defended their own (Harvard's) device for place kicking...
Hoping to catch the custom of the thrifty, Mooney last week announced two new models in his "jeep" line. One of them, a station-wagon sedan, is a slicked-up version of the present jeep station wagon. It will sell for $1,825, f.o.b. Toledo, and will come out around Jan. i. The other is an eye-catching jeep "convertible" (see cut), which Willys plans to put on the market next spring at the price of the cheapest Ford or Chevrolet (this would be about $1,200, f.o.b. Toledo). The convertible is actually a touring car. It has no windows...
...bright over Kansas last week. At Lawrence, the University of Kansas campus glittered with students' new cars. Never before had Lawrence seen so many convertibles and custom jobs; never before had there been such traffic jams. A glimpse at license plates told Kansans where most of the shiny cars came from-the rich western wheat counties. Kenneth Richardson, a 24-year-old student, told how he got his green 1947 Buick convertible: "During the summer I hired a crew for two combines and folowed the wheat harvest from Oklahoma to Canada. We made plenty...