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Reminder of a Reminder. Florida's indifference comes partly from the letdown after the tumultuous gubernatorial campaign that ended in sweeping victory for Incumbent LeRoy Collins. Even more, it can be traced to the fact that Floridians, basking in the warmth of their economic boom, seem in no mood for a change: they still like Ike and tend to see the Democratic nominee, whoever he may be, as an inevitable also...
...students who think they want to concentrate in the sciences, for instance, pose a definite problem to the person who assigns advisers. For about 45 percent of entering Freshman plan to head toward the sciences, while only about 25 percent of the advisers are in the field of science. Leroy S. Rouner '53, assistant dean of Freshmen in charge of assigning advisers, says that he would not assign all the scientists to science even if he could, for "that" would set the adviser up as a mere dispenser of information. The adviser should know the correct details about the field...
...will have segregation in this state by lawful and peaceful means," said Florida's Governor LeRoy Collins, 47, as he campaigned his way through a gauntlet of bigotry set up by his rivals for the Democratic nomination for governor. "We will not have our state torn asunder by rioting and disorder and violence. If you want a governor who is going to seek to have white people hating colored people, and colored people hating white people, then you do not want LeRoy Collins...
...Battle (your punctuation) reflected in many ways the difficulty of appreciating academic freedom, and it is a sad revelation that Princeton, despite enormous pressure, was unwilling to clarify the meaning of the idea. William C. Brady '57 A. LeRoy Ellison '58 Bruce A. Heck '56 James H. Manahan '58 Frank R. Rossiter...
...left to help others. That was the last time anybody saw O'Shea alive. Recruit John Edward Martinez pulled Charles Reilly shoreward to chest-deep water. Reilly gasped: "I'm O.K." Martinez left him-and Reilly disappeared. Recruit Joseph Anthony Moran (son of Actress Thelma Ritter) brought Leroy Thompson to relative safety and went out again. Thompson went under. So did little Jerry Thomas. So did Tom Hardeman, the platoon's best swimmer, who had been helping others...