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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Democracy is God's way of life," Helen Maude Cam said last night at a meeting held in the Rhinelander Foundation. Professor Cam, Samuel Zemurray, Jr., and Deris Zemurray Stone-Radcliffe Professor History, said that in this world God has given us the freedom of choice between good and evil. We know what the laws of God are. If we fail because we break His laws we have only ourserves to blame. Such is democracy, Cam concluded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Democracy Is God's Way,' Declares Cam | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...just enough to defeat the 90-day extension (by a hairline vote of 178 to 163). Republicans and Southerners had not yet given up. Heading into the final vote, Indiana's Republican Charlie Halleek crowed confidently: "I think the Democratic leaders are a little panicky. All those votes were very, very close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Very, Very Close | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

...decided who will choose the recipient of the award, which is to be given to one player each year whose "perseverance, initiative, courage, and selflessness best exemplify those qualities possessed by Frederic Crocker, right end on the 1933 Crimson squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Receives Crocker Trophy For Grid Players | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

...prize, given to the freshman in German A who gets the highest grade on the mid-year examination, is the income from the fund...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nielsen Takes German Prize for Best Exam | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

They used to serve coffee and conversation in the common room after dinner, but this custom has given way during the last term to the television hour, which lasts all night and draws bored policemen and Cambridge gamins as well as a good portion of the House residents. All in all, Winthrop has the best television setup in the College to go with its other superlative attributes

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Has Laissez-Faire policy | 3/19/1949 | See Source »

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