Word: draft
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Having helped draft the blueprint, Finley was anxious to prove it practical. He began an elementary humanities course covering Homer, Vergil, and Dante; this year, "The Epic and the Novel," divided between Finley and I. A. Richards, has one of the largest enrollments in the College...
...Churchill. "Not ten years ago, the countries represented here . . . had but one thought: to destroy each other as completely as possible . . . We recovered, we pulled ourselves together; and while forgetting nothing-for to do so would be profane-we resolved to set forth on the great adventure . . . Therefore, this draft treaty is not only a moving message of reconciliation; it is an act of confidence in the future...
Undergraduates seem far less draft-conscious this year than last. According to figures released yesterday by Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28, last fall's course grades took a decided dip over the previous term...
...Only the draft-conscious class of '53 had more men on the Dean's List and fewer unsatisfactories than the previous senior class. Juniors had 3.2 percent more Dean's List ment than their predecessors, but far more unsatisfactories. The number of sophomore failures hit a new comparative high...
...trouble began with a slip by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Last month, talking over a rough draft of the resolution with Democratic and Republican Congressmen, Dulles promised to check with them again on the final wording. He never did. As sent to Congress by the President, the resolution made no mention of Yalta or Potsdam, though it strongly rejected Russian perversions of World War II agreements that had led to enslavement of other nations. Democrats were pleased. But Republicans were miffed. They argued, in effect, that the Democrats were being allowed to get away with murder. Ever since...