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...first assignment of the Southbound Working Group looked easy: each mem ber had to write an autobiography. But Liu found that no autobiography was accepted by the group chiefs unless the writer tagged himself a member either of "the squeezing class or the squeezed class," reviled his father and family ties in general, and - if at all connected with the Nationalist government - confessed to being an "accessory thug" of the "reactionary looting class." Next came reports in "creative history"; one of the most successful told how the Chinese Communist Party had united China and won the war against Japan. Anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Behind Mao's Lines | 2/9/1953 | See Source »

...land of Eagles, Elks and Lions, the American Newcomen Society is an odd specimen. It probably has the largest and most lustrous roster of big business names in the U.S. Among its 12,200 mem bers are the presidents of all the railroads running into the New York area, the chair men of most of Manhattan's large banks, the nation's top leaders in oil, aluminum, steel, rubber, advertising and almost all other industries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUBLIC RELATIONS: The Newcomeners | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

...satisfied with the arrangements, least of all those who had to eat Union fod. The CRIMSON announced a $50 prize to the best essay on how to alleviate the situation. The prize winner suggested a University dining room on the oGld Coast, nearer the dorms than Mem Hall. It also suggested that the clubs be allowed to reserve tables. This suggestion was immediately approved by President Lowell, and the Corporation voted the necessary funds. At the last minute, however, student apathy forced the University to abandon the plan and the eating problem had to remain until the advent...

Author: By Michael Maccory, | Title: Athletic Rift with Nassau Marked Last Year for '27 | 6/18/1952 | See Source »

...sport to leave the games, he played them out, picking up two more in the course of his efforts. When he finished it was 9:35. The smile with which Lady Luck had beamed at Everett for four years suddenly turned to a dirty leer. He ran to Mem Hall and the proctor refused to admit him. He flunked the course, and thus out of college. His girl left him and his parents disowned him. And thus George Everett was started on the flashing road to ignominy...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: Only Two Million More, Art, That's All | 6/5/1952 | See Source »

During the war, the University was troubled by enrollment instability, which had nothing to do with riot dismissal Following the cease-fire, the threat of war with Russia loomed large, and 1000 students staged a "Save the Peace" rally near Mem Hall in in spring of 1948. The affair went off with fitting calm despite the noisesome, noisy intrusion of a bellicose minority, who shouted "We Want...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Grim Police, Gay Students Battling Since 163 | 5/31/1952 | See Source »

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