Word: mortons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clutch, haunted by the specter of expired unemployment compensation and dwindling food supplies. Kentucky's Governor A. B. ("Happy") Chandler has declared Harlan an emergency area. President Eisenhower was informed of the distress last week by Kentucky's two Senators, John Sherman Cooper and Thruston Morton. Private agencies make the rounds regularly with minimum food and clothes...
Many professors said they felt that it would be definitely beneficial to have more courses introduce a substitute for finals. Morton G. White, professor of Philosophy--although himself an advocate of finals--favored the experimentation because "a professor will feel more confident about asking not to have finals in his course if there is no precedent for them." Most of those contacted said they felt strongly that the course itself rather than any binding rule should decide whether a final is given...
...living like a first-class passenger on a third-class ticket. On one voyage, he ingratiated himself with Boxing Manager Joe ("I should have stood in bed") Jacobs before the ship left the dock, spent most of the trip playing poker on A-deck with Jacobs, Max Schmeling and Morton Downey. In his sophomore year Alec decided summer trips were too short, set out to get his degree in three years, didn't quite make it (he lacked one-half unit), but managed a nine-month tour of the Far East (on which he visited with Fred Astaire) while...
...promoted by the Theatre Guild through 23 cities, have a fighting chance, but big-name actors no longer like to hit the road, and road-show audiences are no longer satisfied unless they see big-name actors. "Producers forget that the U.S. has become a metropolitan country," says Director Morton (Music Man) Da Costa. "With communication and TV what they are, there's no longer any such thing as the sticks. You can't patronize people anymore...
Drawing Williams as its first opponent, the varsity started slowly and spent the rest of the game trying to catch a team it had defeated earlier in the season. Led by Jeff Morton's 22 points and Jim Willmott's 20, the Ephmen won handily, 83 to 67. Coach Wilson cited the lack of rebounding strength as the Crimson's downfall. High scorers for the varsity were Bill Richling with 16, George Harrington with 13, and Mike Donohue with...