Word: donee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite conscientious attention to his job, McNiff has done graduate work in philosophy and political economy,--"but no more courses in library science, thank God." All the same he remains active in the American Library Club. As a versatile man with an air of competence and a flair for originality, he looks toward what is to be in Lamont. If the service in Widener has been unsatisfactory to students, it has been more so to Mr. McNiff. The eyes of Widener look to the snowy girders of Lamont,--"Ah, tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow...
...trying." says Mctcalf. "to provide a library that will be satisfactory to the students, and we believe it can be done to the students will do their share...
...reply to the criticism directed against some of the men nominated, let me state that work done for the class was an extremely important factor in determining the men to be placed on the ballot, but not the only factor. Nor was more intellectual capacity the only criterion. As in all considerations for representatives of a class, class prominence, popularity, and congeniality are very significant factors. Some men were nominated primarily for one reason, others for somewhat different reasons. The nominees as a whole present an excellent cross-section of the class, all factors taken into consideration. It is granted...
...would also like to correct an error in your front page article, which stated that the Temporary Class Committee was appointed. They were popularly elected. As a result of the class popularity and prominence of these men at the time, and the work they have subsequently done for the class, they were deserving of a place on the ballot, with few exceptions...
...rates for practically anything she cares to write, and she writes at top speed. Her report on Lord Haw Haw's trial, some 6,500 words, was in the New Yorker's office 24 hours after the trial ended, and almost no editing had to be done on it. Says grateful New Yorker Editor Harold Ross: "It was the quickest piece of journalism I've seen." Says grateful Miss West of Ross: "The best editor I've ever known...