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Carter Davidson, Union College president, added that such "fear philosophy" can also detract from university programs to attract brilliant minds. He cited reluctance fo academic men to appear on radio or television because of fear of mis-interpretation and resulting accusation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Red Charges Cause Silence In Colleges, Group Decides | 1/24/1953 | See Source »

...Braun has answers for all his critics. What the U.S. needs, he believes, is a daring, inspiring program that has a real chance of controlling the world. Atom bombs carried by airplanes are nearly worn out as war preventers. Guided mis siles are important weapons, but the Russians are working on them too. He thinks that a satellite station would put the U.S. far ahead in the race for power, and that no other program offers as much promise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Journey into Space | 12/8/1952 | See Source »

...essential to teach men discipline, to teach them military procedures, techniques, and the other qualities good officers possess. Social functions are just not important enough to justify the inroads they make on an undergraduate's normal interests, on the course of education in its widest sense. Even if the mis-step is petty, as in this case, it warrants protest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coerced Candidates | 12/6/1952 | See Source »

...Eliot House election will be run off again Monday, Johnson said, because of mis-ballotting. Candidates John S. Chartfield '55, Edward S. Davis '54, Paul S. Horowitz '55, Johnson C. Montgomery '55, and Michael Ward '54 remain in the running...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houses Elect Seven as Council Representatives | 12/6/1952 | See Source »

Another short poem by Ziegler--who does very well at this--and a well-written but tedious account of a fox hunt from the fox's eyes lead the reader to the last two stories, both of which are rather mis-begotten efforts. One is about a dour Maine lobsterman who waits patiently for his father's death to be willed his fishing boat only to have the will leave the boat's engine to his uncle. This is hardly an intrinsically amusing situation...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: The Lampoon | 12/4/1952 | See Source »

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