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...after the war, "a mighty alliance of all the incompetents" will demand continued Government protection for uneconomic wartime habits. If this comes to pass, the U.S. will find itself in "the most rigid and closed of socialisms . . . a tyranny of collective incompetence at least as disastrous as the nineteenth century tyranny of unbridled competence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: Incompetence and Profits | 5/11/1942 | See Source »

...courses in the field, entering Freshmen need but six, although eight is, of course, highly recommended. Also, a reading knowledge of either French and German, rather than both, as was previously stipulated, will admit a student into one of the cross section fields: the Renaissance, the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, or Nineteenth century. Ancient and Modern Authors exams may be tied in more with the tutorial than heretofore, but this decision still rests with the department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT HAS WIDE CHOICE OF COURSES IN HISTORY AND LIT | 4/23/1942 | See Source »

Within History and Literature are special fields, most popular of which have been America, England, and the Nineteenth century. A small field such as the Seventeenth or Eighteenth century has its advantages, however, in that a smaller amount of material can be better digested...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT HAS WIDE CHOICE OF COURSES IN HISTORY AND LIT | 4/23/1942 | See Source »

Nikolai Gogel's "The Inspector General", a nineteenth century Russian "Louisiana Purchase" has been announced as the choice for the Harvard Dramatic Club's sixty-fifth production. Casting has already been completed with Robert Keahy '45, playing the principle role in this Russian comedy about corrupt politicians...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casting Complete on "Inspector General" | 4/14/1942 | See Source »

...mecca of the swimming world will be Harvard's Indoor Athletic Pool today and tomorrow, as the greatest collection of tank stars ever assembled compete in the nineteenth annual National Intercollegiate Swimming Championships...

Author: By Burton VAN Vort, | Title: HARVARD PLAYS HOST TO TOPFLIGHT COLLEGE MERMEN IN NATIONAL MEET TODAY, TOMORROW | 3/27/1942 | See Source »

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