Word: iii
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Columbia trustees have honored six other University history professors in the past. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38 won an award in 1948 for "The Age of Jackson." Pulitzer Prizes have also gone to James P. Baxter, III '14 for "Scientists Against Time," 1942; Paul H. Buck for "The Road to Reunion," in 1938; Frederick J. Turner for "The Significance of Sections in American History," 1933; Edward Channing for volume six of "The History of the United States," 1926; and Charles H. Mcllwain, professor emeritus, for "The American Revolution...
...first is the "general calibre" of the student, taken from the predicted rank list. Dyer points out that certain fields require more general ability than others. For example, students concentrating in Mathematics have an average predicted rank of Group III, while Government concentrating have an average Group IV ranking...
...impoliteness on the part of these young men, and, beyond a spoken invitation to attend their meeting, no pressure was placed upon us to do so. As a matter of fact neither of us attended, but we were happy to make our rooms available. D. H. Morris, III '51 D. R. Purdy...
...Rain of Questions. Harry Truman's damndest, as he saw it, took in a lot of territory. Aside from the prevention of World War III, he thought, the greatest accomplishment of his Administration has been keeping employment at full tilt. Said he: We have been able to fix the income of the country so that it is fairly distributed -an even economy, well-balanced so everybody has a fair chance. And after the rearmament program is finished a Point Four program-if it raises the standards of living of the underdeveloped parts of the world at least...
...since he became an NRA administrator in 1934, stepped forward to do his best. He spoke in loud, firm tones: "Foreign and domestic policies are indivisible ... If the voices of hesitation prevail, we would destroy what we have built and we would be on the road to World War III ... The Republicans never change, they voted against everything that has made this country strong in the last 20 years." But as Candidate Harriman sat down to polite applause, no blazes of political fervor sparked to life...