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...Wrote an anonymous Canadian bard: Away with honors, knighthoods, swords, In proof of high endeavor. We'll wear where Adam wore the fig The Maple Leaf forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: The Redeemed Empire | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...president himself, said President Stratton, "he must be more than a referee. He must be prepared to take positions on matters of educational import. Above all, he must be able to formulate his aims and make clear what he proposes to achieve ... To this charge I pledge my whole endeavor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: More Than a Referee | 6/29/1959 | See Source »

...throw eggs at visiting speakers. In fact, the most opportune moment to throw things--a sympathy snowball riot for Yale--was passed up with a collective condescending smile. The Student Council was well-behaved and even productive, while the Lampoon--minus Fool's Week--turned its energies to physical endeavor with the CRIMSON. No one even tried to steal the Ibis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace, Progress, Prosperity | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...McNabb, Percy's onetime Sunday school teacher. McNabb offered Percy his pick of jobs upon graduation, and Percy chose to take charge of B. & H.'s tiny defense production. Within months the U.S. went to war, and Percy at 21 was bossing B. & H.'s biggest endeavor. McNabb, who made all the company's decisions, placed Percy on the board at 23. After 35 months in the Navy (up from apprentice seaman to lieutenant), Percy became corporate secretary. When McNabb died in 1949, Percy was elected president...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Platform Writer's Platform | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Miss Winer insisted that the paper has a "great future." The Radcliffe Student Government Association has also voiced support of Miss Winer's endeavor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Percussion' Will Publish Again; New Editor Seeks 'Cliffe Support | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

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