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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Master Leigh Hoadley of Leverett has a clear philosophy about Houses: "A House should provide all the activities possible--someone will be interested. It must give every student the chance to participate in things." Furthermore, Hoadley has implemented this philosophy in Leverett, and it has come to characterize his House...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Wants to Give 'Chance to Participate' | 3/29/1956 | See Source »

Truck Driver William Mortimer Leigh, 55, was a happily married, home-loving man-perhaps twice as happy as most. For where others make do with one, William had two wives, two homes, and two sets of children-and doted on them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Trucker's Paradise | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...cozy cottage at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, William and Emily Leigh, his wife of 33 years, had spent many a contented hour together through the years with their five fine children, who range in age from 32 to 17. At another cottage in Ancoats, just five miles away along his truck route, William found equal contentment under the name Spencer with Elsie, his second wife, and their happy brood of four children, aged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Trucker's Paradise | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

Thanks to such foresight, the delicate balance of William Leigh's life was maintained for 16 full years, and his cup of happiness overflowed. Then, recently, in a casual conversation with a neighbor, William committed that dreaded slip of the tongue: he referred to his Chorlton daughter as Lynn, instead of Margaret, when in fact Lynn was an Ancoats daughter-and the only child whose name was not duplicated in Chorlton. Word of the slip got to Emily, the Chorlton wife. Emily sent her eldest son to follow his father when he left home, and before William knew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Trucker's Paradise | 3/19/1956 | See Source »

...order to determine faculty opinion on the question, the students on the committee will interview members of the faculty, including Leonard K. Nash '39, associate professor of Chemistry, a leading proponent of the Thimann Plan, Leigh Hoadley, Master of Leverett House and professor of Zoology, who is against the proposal, other members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and members of the Faculty of Medicine since the plan would largely affect premeds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Plans Discussion on Biochemistry | 3/15/1956 | See Source »

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