Word: leland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Prodigal. In San Quentin, Calif., worn out and hungry, Jailbreaker Leland Rogers showed up at the state prison's main gate two weeks after his escape, begged to be let back in, was obliged...
...wants to show Europe that this country is producing fine choral music of real substance and value. So he is scheduling works by such well-known names as Randall Thompson '20, Virgil Thompson '22 and Irving Fine '37, along with pieces by little known but talented men like Henry Leland Clarke '28, Karl Kohn '48 and Russell Woollen...
According to LeLand, the primary reason for rejection was that freshman entertain a larger percentage of girls in secondary schools than upperclassmen. The board also cited a survey made at the time the Houses were petitioning for extended hours. Dean Leighton had polled mothers' groups, P.T.A.'s and church associations on the issue and all the groups had opposed the extension...
...Dean von Stade for a letter explaining in detail the reasons for the rejection. The Committee said that, although it had no immediate plans for further work toward extended parietal hours, it was not giving up hope. Dean von Stade saw little use in more work this year, LeLand added...
...LeLand believed that progress had been made by broaching the subject and finding out the primary objections. The Committee felt that it would be difficult to get a reversal this year, but constructive work could be done to help next year's freshman class obtain the extension...