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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...matter with Eisenhower, wearing the British Order of Merit at the White House dinner for Queen Elizabeth? Isn't being President of the United States enough distinction for him? Then what's he doing wearing this dog tag from the late George VI? If George Washington heard about this, he would turn over in his grave-and Abraham Lincoln...
...quite different from the one who leaves it. There also seems to be the assumption that everybody would like to go to a preparatory school and that everyone wants to go to Harvard. There are several million public school students in this nation, most of whom have never heard of Exeter and many of whom never even think about Harvard. It is a ridiculous defense mechanism to believe that the only people worth a Harvard education are those who are actively seeking it. The fact that a high school student has never thought of applying to Harvard is no reason...
...Harvard Student Council took its first action on a recently-passed move to remain in the National Students' Association when it heard a report last night on NSA activities by Daniel Itzig, past executive vice president of the association...
Theodore F. Moskowitz '58 asked why Harvard has never heard from NSA in the past, even though there was a representative near the College. Itzig said that the Council should have sought out NSA if members thought the organization was neglecting them...
When The Sphinx was finished, Sir Gerald showed it to Sir William Llewellyn, then Royal Academy president, heard him say, "By Jove, my dear chap, it's wonderful. You really must send it in." Comments Sir Gerald wryly: "Well, I sent it in, but it jolly soon came back." Reason was the academy's unwritten law prohibiting any work that might cause offense or annoyance to the viewer's religious or moral scruples. The academy's particular concern was that Queen Mary, peering at The Sphinx strait-lacedly, might deem it beyond the pale of propriety...