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From an opening luncheon given in Philadelphia by the Columbia alumni association, the A.I.A. got its first breathless bulletin on what to expect: "He seems to be in a good mood. He speaks English. He is on his second drink." That afternoon he paused long enough to speak to a group of architectural students, whom he mesmerized. "I left Paris yesterday morning," he announced. "It is now bedtime for me. Deja it is one o'clock in the morning. That is why I will be very brief." He was brief for an hour, rapidly sketching on two large boards...
...attend that luncheon?" asked a committee counsel...
Originally, Vinson had been named in the price-fixing indictment, largely on the testimony about the luncheon. But Vinson produced evidence, composed of luncheon checks, notes of appointments with other G.E. officials and outside business meetings to support his contention that he had not been in Philadelphia during the period that the luncheon supposedly took place. The Government withdrew the indictment. To press Vinson further, Kefauver put on the stand Raymond W. Smith, who was formerly vice president in charge of G.E.'s huge transformer division and was fined $3,000 for his part in the conspiracy...
...expect 'knowledge of order of alphabet' until junior high school." In general, the junior high seventh grade is deliberately easier than sixth grade so that everybody can "catch up." Sample class plan in New York City: "Industrial arts. Boys and girls wear aprons and hats; prepare spaghetti luncheon and eat it." As for bright children, grade-skipping is widely disapproved on grounds of "mental health." The approved practice is "enrichment"-not real digging at math or mythology but puerile "current events...
...create this extension, Monro hopes to have freshman advisers also conduct informal, luncheon seminars, and he said he is looking for still other methods to increase student-faculty contact "in ways that are painless and pleasant to both." One possibility which has been suggested, he said, is that sections for Gen Ed courses be held within the five units wherever possible by resident fellows...