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...Blue. In all fairness to the News, it has said little about itself; rather it has let others evaluate it and Yale. Thus some of the articles seem merely like catalogues of Yale's facilities. Others, especially those written by famous alumni in business and government, are dis-connected and slightly platitudinous. It is in the evaluation of Yale life by members of the administration, however, where the reader will catch a revealing picture of the differences between Harvard and its New Haven neighbor...
With Christendom embroiled in the Fifth Crusade, A.D. 1221, heartening dis patches reached Pope Honorius III : "A new and mighty protector of Christianity has arisen. King David of India. . . has taken the field against the unbelievers." But the Vatican's information proved faulty; "King David" turned out to be Genghis Khan, and his Mongol empire was to spread terror on the flank of Eu rope for the next two centuries...
Members are instructed to hold cell meetings in cars or restaurants, no longer in private homes. The Communists are somewhat demoralized by recent dis closures of undercover Government agents in their ranks; every "ex-Red" who turns out to be a Government man increases the suspicion that party members have long borne for one another...
...charpoy (stringed cot) on the veranda of his bungalow in Madras, where the raucous cries of hungry crows mingle with the whine of pariah dogs and the screech of ancient street cars. While Sriramulu lost weight, Andhra lobbyists tried to convince Nehru. As Gandhi's dis ciple, Nehru knows the political value of a prolonged fast, but unlike the British, who eventually quavered under Gandhi's persistence, Nehru stood firm. On Sriramulu's 52nd day, Nehru warned: "This method of fasting to achieve administrative or political changes will [put] an end to democratic government...
When he was drafted into the Army, Walter wrote President Truman for permission to keep his long hair. The Army, after due deliberation, agreed not to dis-kes him. Last week, as a basic trainee at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Walter was absolutely the only private in the U.S. Army with hair 37 inches long. Sikhs serving in British forces wear their hair in turbans, but Private NeHalsingh wears his locks in a horsetail down his back-an arrangement which enables him to get a steel helmet over his head. Nobody laughs. Said Sergeant John J. Quigley last week of Warrior...