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...Manhattan luncheon, West Point Cadet Colin Kelly III, 22, son of World War II's Distinguished Service Cross-winning air hero, heard Dwight Eisenhower recount how Franklin D. Roosevelt requested that some future President appoint the hero's son, then an infant of 18 months, to West Point as a tribute to his father's bravery. Yet when he offered the young man a presidential appointment, continued Ike, young Kelly politely declined the favor: "Thank you very much -I'll earn it myself." "Which he did," said Ike. After lunch, the old soldier joined Kelly...
Today the committee, headed by Albert L. Nickerson '32, will hear talks on the role of the teaching fellows in various departments, and seek to learn the undergraduates' view of their section men at a luncheon with 16 seniors. One student was chosen from each of the Houses, and to get a one-to-one ratio between students and committee men, David W. Bailey, secretary to the Board, invited seven other student leaders to the luncheon...
After the luncheon, representative of General Education will address the committee. Then Dean von Stade will host a tea in Kirkland House where there will be discussion of the teaching fellows' role in the Houses...
...women know food better than men. They like to fuss with foods-they care more." Stouffer's food is unlikely to send a gourmet into raptures, or to show much evidence of fuss, but it is inevitably eatable, usually tasty, always well-served, and priced moderately. The economy luncheon special averages a dollar...
Nordhoff, who had come to the U.S. to dedicate the new $2,500,000 Volkswagen headquarters in New Jersey, noted that nary a Volkswagen was to be seen around Cobo Hall. "Well," said he genially, "this is a 'national' auto show, isn't it?" To a luncheon audience that included Henry Ford II, G.M. Chairman Frederic Donner and Chrysler's President Lynn Townsend, he urged U.S. and foreign automakers to make common cause in ending all trade barriers in the free world. "I look with the same great concern as you do on the protectionist thinking...