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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prizes were given as an incentive to better teaching, after the Department studied a poll taken among members of the six big undergraduate chemistry courses. It marks the first time in College history that students have been asked to rate their section men as a guide for the faculty...
There was no set number of winners and no formula for the value of the awards. In a typical case, for a course with a $100 quota, the Committee might decide that one man deserved $70 and another man $30. Prize money came from a fund given by the Visiting Committee of the Board of Overseers...
...just these wider vistas that the pickle packers are endeavoring to bring to the surface. The job will be a difficult one. There is a disturbing cultural lag in the realm of the pickle. We are satisfied, however, that the future of the pickle is in good hands; given the proper facts, given the freedom of discussion in the market-place of opinion, given the technical know-how, the American people can be counted on to weigh all factors impartially, and give a rising vote of confidence to the pickle--a vote that cannot be gainsaid...
...Francke had gotten together enough money for the present building, most of it given by Adolphus Busch, of brewery fame. The work was completed just about the time the U. S. entered the war, but anti-German feeling was so strong that the building did not open until 1921. Rumors circulated in Cambridge that the Museum was a German spy center; other reports asserted that the building's concrete foundations had been especially designed as an enemy gun emplacement...
...Torment" was shown in every city in Europe and was given the Grand Prize at Cannes in 1946. It was shown a few months later in New York to critical approval. However, it failed to meet with the approval of the Legion of Decency, an organization which "rates" every film for Roman Catholic consumption. The American distributors were unwilling to offer the film for the national market until it had been cleared by the Legion, being fearful of poor business. By making three cuts; the film has now been cleared. Through its unofficial pressure, the Roman Catholic group has again...