Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...includes Theodore P. Allegretti '47, who played the title role in the HDC fall production of "Adam the Creator," Teaching Fellow James A. Walker, Anthony A, Piano '47, Mrs. Helen McCloskey, Miss Ronni Feldman, Ralph P. Katz '48, Michael Kahn '46, Martin Deutsch '49, Arlene Prigoff, Radcliffe '48, Palmer Dixon '50, Robert L. Wechsler '49, and John Mann...
South of the Mason-Dixon Line, peculiar problems present themselves. Neither property values or income levels are sufficient to raise adequate funds for decent schools. Mississippi, for example, spends 3.4 percent of its income for education as compared to New York's 2.5 percent. But in the former this adds up to only $400 per schoolroom per year, as opposed to $4000 for the same use in the Empire State. And the southern dual school system, with separate buildings and expensive duplication because of Jim Crow, adds to the difficulty. Clearly, many of these states cannot afford good schools...
Though Lincoln was born south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Illinois was his home state; and his birthday is a statewide sacred day. But in one little Illinois town last week, Abe Lincoln barely got a look-in on his birthday. The town of Sheldon (pop. 1,035) had a private holiday to celebrate, and every lamppost on the main street proclaimed it: "Lizzie Richardson Day, Golden Anniversary...
...Walker '50 as Fatt; Anthony A. Plano '47, as the Gunman; Theodore P. Allegretti '47 as Joe; Mrs. Helen McCloskey as Edna; Miss Ronnic Feltman as Florence; Ralph P. Katz '48 as Irv; Michael Kahn '46 as Sid; Martin Deutsh '49 as Clayton; Arlene Prigoff as Stan; Palmer Dixon '50 as Phil; Robert L. Weehsler '49 as Dr. Benjamin: John Mahan '49 as Agale...
...York had two bigtime holdups within 24 hours. In Boston, Alfred Parkhurst, son of Harvard University's assistant business manager, went to jail for two years for stealing G.I. students' checks from mailboxes. In Des Moines, pretty Mrs. Opal Dixon was caught after she held up a bank by waving a hypodermic syringe and yelling that it was filled with explosives. It was filled with mouthwash...