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King George VI's official birthday was an austere event last week.*Gone were most of the traditional trappings. But the custom of naming a Birthday Honors list was observed in a manner which provided a remarkable commentary on Britain's democratic wartime activities...
...months the Communists have grown from virtual oblivion (they were banned from 1934 to July 23, 1942) to challenge the Hindu Mahasabha as India's third strongest political party. Their internal program is for land division, higher wages, a breaking down of all restrictions of caste, creed and custom. Externally their policy is basically anti-imperialist, but to Joshi, trading British imperialism for Japanese slavery is foolish. The average age of party members is 27. Claimed membership: 16,000 regular party members, 400,000 peasant "supporters," 39,000 students...
...Tiger's Tooth. Kehoe has become uneasily fond of the Nagas, but grins if anyone refers to their head-hunting as an old, forgotten custom. He has attended two head-hunting trials (involving the harvesting of 13 heads) in the border area where British law still reaches. Witnesses took oath by biting on a tiger's tooth (to prove they were stronger than tigers). The courts, baffled by native blandness, could do nothing but levy a general fine of 1,000 rupees each on the villages involved...
...strange, student-empty atmosphere. They will not have the advantage of constant undergraduate contact or of such groups as the Student Council Committee on Curriculum and Tenure to give them the worm's perspective. There are a few broad outlines they might well remember. Departments, often made rigid by custom and habit, could be kept alive by frequent conferences, with new ideas actually sought after. The large problem of faculty appointments needs attention--getting the right man to teach the right course, getting the great scholars and at the same time capable and inspiring instructors. Depredations of public service among...
...There has been a custom of using people to carry out the aims of the young Communist groups who did not honestly declare themselves as belonging to Communist groups, and that we cannot tolerate in a democracy. You can work with anyone who has the courage to stand up and say what he believes,'but you can never work with anyone who says one thing and does another, or who stays silent and does not state his objectives...