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...operational blessing and an educational curse. Although it has enabled students to stay in school despite a heavy draft call, its curriculum, they have said, has not fit into the liberal arts program. ROTC courses have been too dull, too detailed. Instead of giving students a chance to flex their minds, they have stressed memorization and routine. At Harvard, for example, this kind of course in the past has taken up four of the seventeen course credits an ROTC man needs to graduate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arms and the Humanist | 3/7/1953 | See Source »

...last week in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. But more was involved than a change of name. The Hon. Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill, second daughter of the 18th Baron Sempill (who is also a baronet), had always been a mannish sort of a girl. A brilliant student who loved to flex her muscles in such masculine pastimes as hunting, shooting and fishing, she deplored the necessity of making a formal debut in London clad in feminine frills. Later on, after getting her M.D., she became the popular local doctor in the Scottish village of Alford (pop. 1,300). Elizabeth exchanged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: A Bit Different | 9/22/1952 | See Source »

...double bill presented by the Harvard Theatre Group at Agassiz Theatre is billed as a Workshop Production. The idea behind it was to substitute something for the Reading Theatre, a project by which novice actors, directors, and technicians would get a chance to flex their muscles before tackling a major production...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Moony's Kid Don't Cry and The Long Goodbye | 2/29/1952 | See Source »

American track fans come to meets to watch the big name stars flex their muscles--they also came hoping to get what may be called a track thrill. This thrill can come from a vaulter going over a bar 15 feet above ground, from a name star breaking a record, or more often than not, from some comparative unknown showing the big boys his heels. No matter what they come for, however, there are certain dictates the public makes upon promoters. One of these dictates is a good mile race...

Author: By George S. Abrams, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 1/24/1952 | See Source »

...This type of injury," the doctor said, "usually happens when a player is hit in such a way that his neck flexes and his chin is forced down on his chest. To reduce this dangerous flex, players should be trained to hit and tackle properly and to keep their necks extended when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dunster Player's Injury Is Healing | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

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