Word: membered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. G. (for Gustaf) Aaron Young-quist, 73, Swedish-born member of the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure, leader of the investigation that put Al Capone behind bars; in Minneapolis...
...Committee, however, remained unconvinced by these arguments, maintaining that NSA is, at present, incapable of any significant accomplishment, and that only a sustained and vigorous effort from several member colleges could make it worthwhile. "Apparently no one at Tech is willing to make this effort," commented Christopher Sprague '60, president of the M.I.T. student body...
...Institute Committee, Sprague continued, is a peculiarly conservative organization, "with members who prefer not to air their beliefs publicly" The Committee's attitude toward NSA, he said, was best summarized by one member's assertion that, "We don't really care how NSA votes on the atomic bomb tests, we just don't want them to vote...
...Some members of the Committee, Sprague included, had hoped that M.I.T. would remain a member of NSA. "We might have gotten a lot out of the organization, if we had been willing to devote the time and effort," Sprague said
...order for Statistics to be opened to undergraduate concentration, the committee's recommendations must be accepted by the Department Faculty and passed by the Committee on Educational Policy. Cochran's co-member, John W. Pratt, assistant professor of Statistics, said that "it is likely the plan can be devised and submitted to the CEP by spring, and go into effect in the fall." Both committee members agreed that the Department is "very interested" in making concentration in Statistics possible, either by itself or as part of a combined field...