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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Over enthusiastic girls sometimes claim that the students "can hire and fire the faculty." This is not true, although student government is very powerful...

Author: By Erik Amfitheatrof and David C. D. rogers, S | Title: Bennington --- Every Girl for Herself | 5/16/1952 | See Source »

Malan has a naively simple solution to the problem of native crime: hire more cops, build more prisons. (The jail population of South Africa is greater than that of Britain, which has four times its population.) But increasing numbers of South Africans-both Boer and British-are beginning to realize that jails are not enough. They recognize-though somewhat reluctantly-that, short of mass murders, there is nothing that can prevent the black man from eventually attaining political and economic rights, either by law or by revolution. It is for the white man to choose which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Of God & Hate | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

Professional social workers did not like Helms's system; they charged that he was "unscientific," that he did not investigate each of his charity employees to be sure they were worthy of help. He countered that his were not charity cases, but workers hired to do a job. When the Unitarians withdrew their support, Helms reorganized the Henry Morgan Mission. He brought it under the Methodist Church, set up Goodwill plants around the U.S., and began to hire only handicapped workers who were most in need of help. Over the years, the Goodwill ties to the Methodist Church have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Enterprise of the Heart | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...highways north of Chicago were jammed bumper-to-bumper one night last week. Said Deputy Sheriff George Bock: "It was just like Labor Day traffic." To Ray Radigan, an astonished restaurant owner in Kenosha, Wis., it was more like New Year's Eve. He had to hire extra help to cope with 484 diners, while hundreds of other customers perched on radiators or juggled drinks and sandwiches in the cocktail lounge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Fight Night | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

...sense, the rush to hire engineers endangers the future supply. Seeing their former students get higher starting salaries in industry than they make after years of teaching, many instructors are quitting the campus. Few young men are filling the gaps in the teaching staffs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Engineer Shortage | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

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