Word: falling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some of his Tory advisers urged him to, he would have been safely in for another five years. Macmillan's mandate runs until May 1960. Though Laborites and Conservatives are about evenly divided in the polls, Macmillan seems confident that he can call an election next fall or spring...
Extensive changes in the organization of Harkness Commons will be initiated next Fall, Carl S. Tucker, Director of the Dining Halls Department, announced yesterday. The graduate school dining hall will offer a la carte orders in addition to full meals, and will serve continuously from...
Wolfson retired at the end of last year and regards his first year as an emeritus professor as "a prolonged summer vacation." Actually, the professor has yet to experience full retirement. During fall term he had three graduate tutees, and this term he has been invited to read theses and conduct doctoral exams. His daily routine has been changed only by the fact that he has found time to accept invitations to lecture outside the University. He most recently was invited to deliver the Candler Lectures at Emory University. When he was still actively teaching, Professor Wolfson felt he couldn...
...days of World War II, afterwards was one of the first Western railroad men to modernize. In 1951 Gavin stepped out of the presidency and up to chairman of the board, the title previously held only by Hill and his son, Louis Hill. Until he broke a hip last fall, Gavin continued to take an active interest. Last week President John M. Budd informed Great Northern stockholders that Gavin, ailing at 78, had decided to resign as chairman and director...
...important policy decisions which are often made without reference to undergraduate opinion. The Council started the Harvard-Columbia Conference on Education which brought delegates from comparable colleges together to discuss common problems. The NSA's failure to provide this kind of program was a major reason for last fall's withdrawal. In both cases the Council filled long-neglected needs with programs which seem to have good futures...