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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This odd inquisition was set up by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, 67, articulate firebrand of his church's liberal wing. Although the bishops talked with Texas' Lyndon Johnson (Christian Church), with Quaker-born (Presbyterian-attending) Richard Nixon, and Congregationalist (Methodist-attending) Hubert Humphrey, only Candidate Kennedy was quizzed on the church-and-state issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Candidate & Bishops | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

Count Your Blessings (M-G-M). A vague young Englishman (Tom Helmore), known to his friends as "a bit of a clot," has a parting word for the suave Marquis de Valhubert (Rossano Brazzi), who is flying off for a London leave during World War II. "Look up old Grace." Old Grace is his young fiancee. The marquis looks Grace up-and down. "We will marry immediately," he announces. They marry. Four days later the marquis heads back to the wars, and poor Grace (Deborah Kerr) has nothing to do but stitch rugs and eat for two (Sigi is born...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Apr. 27, 1959 | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...will cause a major revision of the regulations of the M.I.T. Off Campus Housing Bureau, which operates a service listing available apartments and rooming houses for Tech students, Frederic G. Fassett, Jr., Dean of Residence, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Officials Back Ruling Against Discrimination | 4/25/1959 | See Source »

...whole is less able, it is often because alumni are the least realistic about their sons' chances for admission, and burden the Harvard admissions committee with applications which have been filed over the protests of the school's guidance officer. "We try to be good to Harvard," says Wesley G. Spencer at Brown and Nichols, "We're not always successful. There are always some alumni who think they have an inside track with the admissions committee and will apply anyway...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: The Changing Character of Harvard College: Applicants Face Stiffer Costs, Competition | 4/24/1959 | See Source »

...other hand, Robert G. McCloskey, professor of Government, stressed the need for making incoming "rote scholars" more adventurous. He had "mild reservations" however, about substituting seminars or tutorials for regular courses. These regular courses "may be just what the doctor ordered for Freshmen," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CEP Discusses Changes to Make Freshman Year More Challenging | 4/23/1959 | See Source »

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