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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...party is likely to enjoy. Having amassed a grand total of 27,000 votes in 1964, the Prohibitionists-whose symbol is a camel, because, as one member explained, "it can go a long way without liquid"-decided to stick with a loser. Renominated for President was E. Har old Munn Sr., 63, an associate dean at Michigan's Hillsdale College. Named as his running mate was Topeka Evangelist Rolland E. Fisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Camel Crusade | 7/7/1967 | See Source »

...severity and in its source. Although conference rules forbid any financial assistance to athletes beyond board, room, tuition and fees, slush funds are nothing new in the Big Ten: at least one of the athletic directors who sat in judgment on Illinois-Michigan State's Clarence ("Biggie") Munn-was implicated in a similar scandal himself, in 1953. For punishment, Michigan State was placed on probation for one year. All told, fully half of the Big Ten have been caught breaking the rules at one time or another; yet no coaches have ever been fired before. Besides, neither Elliott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coaches: Slipping in Slush | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

After Wolfe's death, relatives found that his copy of an anthology co-edited by Munn had the passage took homeward, angel," heavily underscored. Wolfe used the phrase as the title of his chief novel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: James B. Munn Dies at Age 76, Headed English Dept. for 10 Years | 2/15/1967 | See Source »

Before his appointment to the Faculty, Munn taught at N.Y.U. and gave aid and encouragement to the young Thomas Wolfe, who was then an N.Y.U. instructor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: James B. Munn Dies at Age 76, Headed English Dept. for 10 Years | 2/15/1967 | See Source »

Another close associate, Herschel C. Baker, professor of English, said yesterday that "Munn was an erudite man, but he was able to harness his erudition to the teaching of undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: James B. Munn Dies at Age 76, Headed English Dept. for 10 Years | 2/15/1967 | See Source »

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