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Died. Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George ("Algie") Cambridge, Earl of Athlone and Viscount Trematon, 82, onetime governor-general of South Africa (1923-30) and Canada (1940-46), last surviving brother of the late Queen Mary and great-uncle of Queen Elizabeth II; in Kensington Palace, London. An erect, mustached ex-cavalryman (India, the Boer War, World War I) who looked and acted like the prototype of Britain's foxhunting, elephant-shooting old regimentals, the Earl of Athlone served as aide-de-camp to King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, officiated at countless...
According to Bogner, "A new memorial should be created such that the old Memorial Hall will be kept alive in spirit." He felt that a skillful architect could retain the memorial quality which the donors of the building originally requested and at the same time erect a new structure which would be adaptable to the pressing present-day needs of the University...
...nature of capitalism, the "humorous paradox" of the new conservatism is that "our ancestors feared that corporations had no conscience. We are treated to the colder, more modern fear that perhaps they do." The fear is that, without an adequate philosophy to shape its generosity, big business may erect a vast new paternalism as sterile as the welfare state. In education, some observers argue that corporate coddling may stifle the independent academic spirit...
...animosities and future needs, the London Economist warned of "the danger . . . of a plunge into a new European experiment, motivated by anti-Americanism and by hostility to Asian-African nationalism. On the other hand, the Economist went on there is now "a fresh chance, which should be seized, to erect on this side of the Atlantic the sturdy pillar which the Americans themselves have long wished to see bracing this end of the ocean bridge...
...frighten their children, Cambridge mothers warn that the University will erect next door a monstrous barrack-like structure, devoid of Georgian dignity, a sore on the body collegiate, and refuge for ragged scholarship boys...