Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beyond the Horizon. The future President worked as a telegraph operator in Belo Horizonte for seven years, putting himself through preparatory schools and medical school. On the job from midnight to 7 a.m., he started classes at 8 a.m., snatched a few hours of sleep in the afternoon. He got his M.D. (cum laude) at 26, resigned his telegrapher's job the same day. Meanwhile, his sister Maria had married a prosperous Belo Horizonte surgeon, who made Kubitschek his assistant. A year later, bitten by wanderlust, Kubitschek borrowed money from rich friends and took off for Europe-supposedly...
...most obvious effect of student pressure, political or otherwise, was the extended Lamont schedule announced by University Librarian Paul H. Buck in November. From now on, unless some one changes his mind, buzzing lights and recirculated air will be available until midnight Monday through Friday, and a special opportunity will be provided for grinding on Sundays from...
...approved the extension of the Lamont Library hours to midnight. But we were sorry to see that the Student Council, which usually spends much of its time agreeing with the administration, thought that extension of Lamont hours was unnecessary--just one week before Librarian Buck announced the change. It seems the Council jumped on the wrong wave of history this time and got caught in the backwash...
...most apparent resolution to the situation is extension of the deadline to midnight. Such an extension would allow the student to enjoy the comfort and parsimony of his room and, at the same time, allow time to get a girl home...
...Yard's two archway gates on Massachusetts Ave. will henceforth be open until midnight for the convenience of upperclassmen using Lamont Library during its newly scheduled late hours. Matthew J. Toohy, Chief of University Police, announced the decision after meeting with University officials yesterday morning...