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...expenses. He bought more land, overlooking a large lake, built ten "cottages" on his campus, furnished them with rugs, books, and pictures. When his school expanded to 150 pupils, he took over five more houses, dotted over the rolling farmland beyond his campus. He hired nine teachers to instruct the boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No Bad Boys | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

Then Somoza changed his mind. At the head of 25 men he appeared at the Palacio de Comunicaciones, seized the telephone and telegraph wires. With a radio microphone in one hand to instruct his single tank crew and a telephone in the other to demand surrender, Somoza sent out his troops. By 3 o'clock in the morning he had Congress in session; Congress declared argüello "mentally incompetent." Then Somoza went up the hill, awoke the President, told him he was through. Somoza had won his cheapest victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Fat Dolly | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...famed Greenville lynch trial (TIME, May 26) drew to an end. On the ninth day, haggard from strain, Judge James Robert Martin Jr. read his instructions to the all-male, all-white jury. He minced no words: "A court of law recognizes no color. . . . I instruct you . . . not to allow any so-called racial issue to enter into your deliberations. . . ." The jurors filed out. A door closed behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH CAROLINA: Twelve Men | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

Preparation of the food new suffers because of lax supervision in the kitchens, according to Bruce's report. The University will be urged to keep closer check on the stewards and to instruct them to keep a watchful eye on the chefs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Hears House Dining Study Monday | 5/7/1947 | See Source »

...Student Council will instruct our representatives in broad, general terms as to the nature of the policy they should follow," Council President Richard G. Axt '46, said last night, "but we welcome any suggestions from interested College groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Appoints Three Delegates to NSO Parley | 5/2/1947 | See Source »

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