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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Epps admitted that he had threatened two Harvard students and a girl with a 45 automatic on the night of November 20, and stated that his only loot was $7 taken from the couple. At the time, Frederick G. Torrey '49 and his date, Martha Bixler, daughter of the president of Colby College, reported a loss of $19. The other victim, Carl P. Josephson '51, claimed that $7 was stolen from...
Emily Post, 75, chided a reporter for a breach of etiquette in asking when she was born (a date she has not given to Who's Who in America). "Where is this going to be printed?" she added. "It's for our files," replied the reporter. "Oh, an obituary. Well," ruled Mrs. Post, "if they're not going to print it until I'm dead, I don't care...
...string of exams for all departments could be moved ahead four or five days, and still leave plenty of time for the subsequent paper work. The fact that examination schedules have already been posted will hardly bother hard-pressed seniors. Exams which are at the printers can have their date-lines changed. The only possible argument against switching the schedule is the standard one that students should keep up with their studies and avoid cramming before a test. In this case things just don't work out that way; even a simple review for Generals will require far more than...
...division of History Government, and Economics was mainly responsible for the selection of January 3 aa the day starting Generals. Since this division gives the largest number of the exams, it wants as much time as possible for grading. It has, therefore, traditionally been given first call on a date. As one Economics official stated: "We always have our Generals on the first two days of reading period, and we don't see any reason why we should change...
...Faculty, Board of Overseers, and the Corporation, which note degrees and honors to the graduating students. These meetings were orginally slated for around January 15, which some-what cramped the time allotted for correcting the Generals; History, Government, and Economics were undoubtedly justified in picking an early date under these conditions. But now the three all-important meetings have been pushed up towards the end of the month...