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When it comes to high-altitude living, says plump Dr. Carlos Monge, director of Peru's National Institute of Andean Biology, the Andean man is in a class by himself. Last week in Lima Dr. Monge told scientists from 18 countries about his continuing researches in a subject on which he ranks as one of the world's leading authorities (TIME, June...
When Chancellor Robert Hutchins announced ten years ago that the University of Chicago was dropping football, Harvard Athletic Director Bill Bingham threw one of the first stones. It was shrewdly aimed at both Chicago football and Chicago's Robert Hutchins, who liked to say that whenever he felt like exercising, he just lay down until the impulse passed away. Said Bingham, whose team had walloped Chicago, 61-0: "Not everybody can develop a physique like Sir Galahad's by lying down." In a snappy reply, Hutchins reminded Bingham that "Sir Galahad was not noted for his physique...
Miss Martha Blume, activities director at the North End Union, claims that the "turnover among this high school group is naturally large. Most of the youngsters drop out as soon as they pass their courses, but every time report cards come out a swarm of parents descend, on as with their flunking children...
...tutoring program has been highly praised by the settlement houses as well as by the parents of the youngsters. George Skelly, Director of the Cambridge Community Center, said that "this is the first year we've had the tutors and the plan has far exceeded any expectations ... the tutors here have certainly done a lot to build good will between Harvard and this community...
Radcliffe girls will probably never share Lamont Library with Harvard, Keyes D. Metcalf, Director of the University Library, stated yesterday. "It's up to the Radcliffe authorities to request that we allow girls privileges in Lamont, and I doubt if they ever will...