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...Alabama-born Chancellor Branscomb has developed a campus reputation for crustiness that makes students marvel at his genius for fund raising. His let-your-conscience-be-your-guide approach has brought Vanderbilt financial support from nearly half its alumni in recent years; in the current drive, the Board of Trust set a good example by signing up for $11 million itself, thereby assuring the school of a $4,000,000 Ford Foundation matching grant. Branscomb has great expectations for his university, and he is content to sacrifice popularity to realize them. "He's not exactly the kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Renaissance in Nashville | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

PROVIDENCE, Mar. 2--The varsity basketball team tonight dropped its seventh consecutive game, a 57-53 heart-breaker at Brown's Marvel...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Varsity Quintet Loses Slim Lead, Drops Its Seventh Straight Game | 3/3/1962 | See Source »

...Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is as enjoyable as its title is long. Rising from window washer to chairman of the board, Robert Morse is a comic marvel of apple-cheeked guile and flaming self-adoration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Feb. 23, 1962 | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

...dealt, not strolled. Grace Lines' entry this year will be a "Navigator's Cruise" to the Caribbean for those "who want to refresh their navigation before they put their boats in the water in the spring." But mostly, cruises are still for people who like to marvel at the jet age from the vantage point of a chair on the sun deck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: The Bounding Main | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is as enjoyable as its title is long. Rising from window washer to chairman of the board, Robert Morse is a comic marvel of apple-cheeked guile and flaming self-adoration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Feb. 16, 1962 | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

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