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James Mason and Margaret Leighton as a pair of lawyers in The Second Man, a superior Britannic whodunit...
Following an established world-wide trend, the University began the Fall Term with a shuffle in regime when it announced that Dean Leighton was to become Master of Dudley House, and John U. Monro was to serve as Dean of the College. In the wake of this move there followed weekly mass executions before thousands gathered in Soldier's Field Stadium, which the Administration cleverly passed off under the guise of football games...
...Faculty last year omitted any such proposals from its vote on the CEP plan, a move of which Leighton said, "one cannot complain . . . but one may regret it. The CEP report, while offering loop-holes for interested Juniors who have failed their Honors qualifying tests, does not offer a "hopeful" indication that many will take advantage of this. "No provision is made for non-Honors Seniors," he reiterated...
That increase in the quality of academic ability which the CEP report reflects and tried to channel is perhaps a cause of the increase in the number of "voluntary withdrawals" from the College. In the past two years these have risen from 75 to 145, a fact which Leighton sees as perhaps "a reflection of mounting emotional tensions...
...Leighton ended his final report finding is "impossible to give expression to the deep sense of gratitude which I feel to the University for the opportunity I have had to participate in a reorganization of Harvard College" under Dean Bundy's leadership. "I am happy that I am to continue in a less central position in these developments," he concluded, "where I hope I may continue to enjoy the friendship, patience, and help of my present colleagues and the staff of University Hall to whom I owe so much...