Word: openings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...increased academic competition that characterizes the College today achieved a symbolic turning point in '59's successful efforts to keep the doors of Lamont open. Coerced mainly by the Freshmen of '59, who complained that they could not study as well in their rooms, the University lengthened library hours in Lamont during the fall term of 1955. Instead of closing on Sunday, Lamont is now open for eight hours of study. Several freshmen of '59, including a later President of the Student Council, offered their voluntary services for an hour a week to keep the library open until midnight. Their...
...Class of '59 did not spend all its time trying to open libraries during its Freshman year. The Union Committee staged an attempt to gain separate but equal parietal hours with those of the upperclassmen. Like most attempts to change parietal hours, this too was unsuccessful. During the fall of its freshman year, '59 also participated in one of the more spirited riots undertaken by Harvard undergraduates. After a pep rally preceding the Yale game, students demonstrated, then charged to Radcliffe. Once at Radcliffe, however, the group suffered from lack of purpose and dismissed after wandering around the Quad without...
...ties of blood and language, at least, to the giant Communist Chinese republic to the north. In the old days only British subjects-which automatically included everyone born in Singapore-could cast a vote. Under the new constitution voting is compulsory for all, and the ballot is thrown open to hundreds of thousands of Chinese born outside Singapore, most of whom are unable to speak English. In the new Parliament, in fact, English will cease to be the official language and members may debate in English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese or the Tamil language of India...
...feared that he might be unworthy of the faith his disciples placed in him. When, on Formosa, he felt death approaching, he called them together and gave them unusual instructions. "When I die," he said, "do not bury my body, but seal it in an urn. After three years, open the urn, and if my body has decayed, bury it in the ground. But if it has not, encase it in gold and place it in a pagoda...
Higher up, they are caught in the open as the Chinese counterattack in waves, and when morning comes, Lieut. Joseph G. demons Jr. (Gregory Peck), in charge of King Company, subtracts about 60 casualties from his original force of 135 fighting men, and grimly thanks God that 62 men of Love Company will be coming up any minute. But when Love Company does arrive, some hours late, it brings only ten men; the rest are dead, wounded or missing...