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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Seventeen-year-old Joseph E. Nelson by-passed college today, when he advanced directly from preparatory school to a University of Chicago graduate school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boy By-Passes College | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...only four years old but has started to play with fire again. Last week the UN General Assembly voted to put into action the third part of the 1947 Palestine plan. Under the program the Trusteeship Council will internationalize Jerusalem, with the U.N. in control. This is a proper solution to a peace-disturbing problem, if the UN can put the plan into effect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holy Peace? | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...even if it be broadcast over radio and TV. Granted, the UN's decision may have been premature though correct. If nations are sincere about international government, they must now give the UN what rightfully belongs to it: guns to back its decisions. When you permit a four-year-old to play with fire, it is only fair to give him the wherewithal to put the flames...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holy Peace? | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

Houston, who is from Haverhill and 16 Quincy Street, was captain of the 1949 varsity football squad. He also wrestled heavyweight on the varsity in 1947 and was undefeated in 1948. This term the 24-year-old married veteran received the Francis Harden Burn Scholarship for his combined athletic and Scholastic prowess. He concentrates in Government and hopes to attend law school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houston, Jones, Spivak Selected by 1950 for Commencement Marshals | 12/15/1949 | See Source »

...banished duke's attendant. Thesiger delivered the "All the world's a stage" lines with a forcefulness that, for a moment, eclipsed even Hepburn. William Prince as Orlando seemed somewhat less polished than the rest of the cast. The opening dialogue of the play, between him and Adam, the old servant, was too emotional for a beginning, but even Prince improved as the play progressed...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 12/14/1949 | See Source »

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