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Three portrait painters are included in the show. Laura Wheeler Waring is represented by a picture of W.E.B. DuBois '90 (1868-1963), one of the most formidable intellectuals in American history. DuBois was the first Negro to receive a Harvard Ph.D. (in 1895), and his doctoral dissertation had the honor of being published as the first volume in the famous Harvard University Historical Series. Peggy Strong did the dignified portrait of Dr. Howard Thurman, now Dean Emeritus of Marsh Chapel at Boston University...
...LAURA T. MCCAULEY...
...making is a small-town lawyer (George Maharis) who at 29 is appointed to the bench. He has the training but he lacks the character for the job. He still lives at home with a matriarchal mother (Katy Jurado) and keeps company with a girl friend (Laura Devon) who seems less interested in him than in what he can give her-"a home and kids and a sensible...
...nudist is not guilty of "lewd exposure" in her own backyard. In East Moss Point, Miss., Baptist Preacher Dennis McDonald paid a sudden, proselytizing visit to Mrs. Laura Pendergrass, a member of the American Sunbathing Association. She was partly naked; he was wholly shocked. All of which earned Mrs. Pendergrass a $50 fine and a suspended sentence of 20 days in jail. Equally shocked, the Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously voided her conviction. Not only did the puritanical preacher ignore a "no trespassing" sign, bristled the court, but he also stayed to gawk for 45 minutes despite his self-proclaimed "purity...
...most amazing part of Anderson and Lithgow's proposal was their method for choosing the first new executive committee. They simply suggested that, together with Laura Esterman '66 and David Maynard '67, they would become the executive committee. This, understandably enough, aroused the fury of many HDC members...