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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with mixed reactions. Some newspapers that passed it by-Chicago American, Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram-called it "inflammatory." Little Rock's Arkansas Gazette did not use it, and Editor Harry Ashmore said: "Moving the picture on the wire was inexcusable. The fact is that racial incidents are no higher here than usual, despite the continuing struggle over school desegregation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Charlie Was There | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

David R. Layzer '46, lecturer on Astronomy, discussed the status of science in Russia, emphasizing that scientists are held in higher regard than in the United States and consequently are free from the diversions that plague American scientists...

Author: By John C. Grosz, | Title: Sputniks, Sacks: Some Views of Russia | 9/26/1958 | See Source »

...that takes over during the summer months. He who stays behind to see finds out that the buildings can withstand the tread of Fire Red toes. Harvard as a whole, assuming for the summer an altruistic little Burden for itself, feels she has done a good deed for American higher education...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: A Critique of the Summer School: Despite Some Faults, it Spreads its Bit of Veritas | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

...what's going on." This summer saw an unusually large number of renowned professors among the School's faculty: Allen Tate, C. Northcote Parkinson, Angus Taylor, Harold Schmidt, and many others. On a poll distributed by the Summer News, all the respondents voiced approval of their courses, far higher percentage than Confidential Guide polls reveal. The small classes and informal lectures are to a great extent responsible for this, and most members of the School's faculty work as hard on these courses as they do during the regular year...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: A Critique of the Summer School: Despite Some Faults, it Spreads its Bit of Veritas | 9/24/1958 | See Source »

...roof will add years to its life. Worst of all, good design, good site placement and all other things that add so much to resale value and the householders' enjoyment go unrewarded. A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright may be assigned a value for loan purposes no higher than a house using the same materials and plans made by a builder as he goes along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE QUALITY HOUSE | 9/22/1958 | See Source »

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