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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Finally Braithwaite lost his temper, tongue-lashed his laggards. Beginning immediately, he told them, they were to act like ladies, gentlemen-and scholars. They sat amazed as he gave his startling ultimatum: girls were to be addressed as Miss, boys were to be referred to by their surnames. He himself, he announced, would answer only to Sir or Mr. Braithwaite. When one boy objected that he knew the girls too well for formality, Braithwaite scored a tactical victory. "Is there any young lady present whom you consider unworthy of your courtesies?" he asked. The girls glared at the rebel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Slum School | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Maid: I'm just (gasp) tired, Miss Lora . . . awfully . . . tired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Police reported they found an estimated $25,000 worth of stolen goods in her apartment, including jewelry, art works, bicycles, and other sporting equipment. Miss Canty lives in Cambridge and is 34 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MISS CANTY HELD | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...projected medical library will act as the nucleus of the Center, upon its completion, and will probably be the most modern medical library in America. A recent gift of $3.5 million by Miss Sandra Countway, plus other substantial donations to the Medical School Fund Drive, have made it possible for the University to consider immediate action on the estimated $7.5 million library project...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Med. Library Nears Goals | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

...Mary Weed, who played the lovers George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Mr. Cazale's hair is somewhat thinner than one would expect in a sixteen-year-old, and at times he mumbled more like a troubled suburbanite than a New Hampshire swain. Certainly nothing could be said against Miss Weed's interpretation of Emily, which became truly moving in the final scene of the play. But she looked "dressed down" to meet the sixteen-year-old requirement, and was simply not the willowy schoolgirl expected...

Author: By Stephen C. Clapp, | Title: Our Town | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

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