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Ten years ago Roy Thomas Hollis was in a Georgia chain gang. He had twice been convicted of robbery. He sweated with pick & shovel "muscle crews" in tough camps, wore double chains, was lashed by a vicious warden. It was two years before he was classified as a trusty and...
'One rainy day he told a guard, "I'm going home." The guard refused to believe him, laughed and called "Good luck!" as he walked away. Roy Hollis rode a log down a creek to throw hounds off the scent, headed for his mother's home in...
Commenting on the economic and social implications of the bomb, Percy W. Bridgman, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, pointed out that "the responsibility for this weapon falls upon the shoulders of the government and people who called for its creation, not upon the scientist."
Bacchic Rout. Toward 4 o'clock in the morning the rioting subsided. But the lull was illusory. By early afternoon of V-E day a bacchic rout of men, women and even children reeled down Barrington, Hollis and, Granville Streets smashing more windows and sacking more stores. Said one...
But the leave doesn't seem to have done everyone so much good. E. Hollis Busbice, the mindreader (of teachers' minds) in our Company 1, seems to be using a clouded crystal ball in his efforts at mental penetration this term. A few of his recent suggestions in Management have...