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Died. Dorothy Dix (Mrs. Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer), 81, first and most famous newspaper dispenser of advice to the lovelorn; in New Orleans. Herself the victim of an unhappy marriage (her husband was stricken with a mental illness within a year of their marriage) and a pioneer sob sister (six years on the New Orleans Picayune, 16 on Hearst's New York Journal), she had a large stock of common sense bromides handy by the time she settled in New Orleans to give counsel to readers. As her column expanded to more than 200 newspapers, and brought her more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1951 | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

...20th Century unbelievers the Koran seems a most uneven book; ethical and religious ideas of a high order sparkle amid dreary ruminations of a desert Dorothy Dix. Yet among Mo hammed's contemporaries (and among Arabs today) the style of the Koran was considered superb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War: THE MOSLEM WORLD | 8/13/1951 | See Source »

...Science William N. Center, Far Eastern Languages; Joseph S. Clark, History and Literature; Stephen P. Clement, Jr., Biochemical Sciences; William A. Coles, English; Archibald C. Colidge, Jr., English; Joseph B. Dallett, Classics; Alfred David, English; Robert J. Davis, Astronomy; Robert G. Dederick, Economics Frank de Leeuw, Economics; Robert L. Dix, Government;-Andrew J. Dow, Economics; Hubert L. Dreyfus, Philosophy; Frederick L. Dunn, Anthropology; David A. Durfee, History; Harold P. Furth, Physics; Charles F. Gallagher Far Eastern Languages; Donald A. Glanella, Economics; Edward B. Glassman, Comparative Philology and Roman Languages; Morton D. Goldberg '50, Social Relations; Jonas M. Goldstone, Biology; David...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappa Chooses 88 Seniors | 6/19/1951 | See Source »

Crimson state John Cooke pitched to three batters before he settled down. Leo Balandis got the first of his three singles, followed by a long triple to left by Don Dix. A fielder's choice brought in the center fielder for the second run of the inning. Cooke allowed two rather tainted runs until relieved in the sixth inning. Altogether he was touched for six hits...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '54 nine Defeats M.I.T. on 3-Run Seventh | 5/1/1951 | See Source »

...primitive church at Hobart, as he will at numerous other U.S. universities and Episcopalian centers during the next six months. Wherever there is time for him to train assistants, he will also conduct a demonstration of the Mass as it was performed in approximately 200 A.D. Such Dix demonstrations aim to make Communion meaningful to Christians for whom it has been a beautiful but meaningless fossil of antique forms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Primitive Mass | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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