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...spring of 1948, members of this group purchased the Brattle Theatre from the Cambridge Social Union and staged its subsequent productions there. Upon graduation, they formed the Brattle Theatre Company, a professional repertory group that achieved national renown. Unfortunately, it was forced to disband in 1952 owing to an accumulated $35,000 deficit...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: College Post-War Student Theatre: 332 Shows Staged by 47 Groups | 10/2/1958 | See Source »

...cheerily told the crowd at the airport that, with God's help, all difficulties would be solved. He might be right, but it was up to him. Even as the rebels appealed for recognition by the world's governments, they insisted that they would be happy to disband the minute Sukarno accepted their demands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDONESIA: Challenge & Response | 2/24/1958 | See Source »

...disclosures set off a storm of anti-Moroccan feeling all over Spain. In Madrid, crowds booed Franco's Moors in the streets, greeted their newsreel appearances with noisy catcalls. Reluctantly, Franco gave the order to disband, his faithful Moors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOROCCO: Moors Unmoored | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

Tight student government is not, and has never been, the aim of the Student Council. It has maintained the loose form of non-powerful student organization unique to Harvard and its House system. Should the Student Council disband, the only voices for student opinion and student views at Harvard would be those of the CRIMSON and WHRB. As much as I respect several of my friends on the CRIMSON I do not think that an undemocratic, self-perpetuating, non-representative group of men would be able to speak authoritatively for the student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COUNSELING THE COUNCIL | 12/12/1957 | See Source »

Peterson claims that he is running for the office "to unify the club." He also says that if elected he will disband the Harvard Times unless it proves economically feasible. Peterson says he will in any case try to "improve the quality of the paper...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: HYRC Opens Annual Race For President | 11/30/1957 | See Source »

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