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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The major obstacle facing Senator Kennedy in his steeplechase race to the White House is that he cannot claim the support of those who would seem his greatest backers--fellow Roman Catholic politicians. The four key states in any convention will be controlled in 1960 by Catholics, all of whom...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Catholicism and Kennedy | 12/17/1959 | See Source »

In 1919 the Administration closed Memorial Hall as a dining room, and for the next six years everyone in the University had to "eat out" in the Square, if he were to eat at all.

Author: By Penelope C. Kline, | Title: Lowell's Regime Introduced Concentration and House System | 12/15/1959 | See Source »

Schumann's Konzertstueck for four horns and orchestra, Op. 86, was another sort of problem, for while it was good to hear this interesting, energetic piece, it was plain that the supremely confident soloists required had not been found, the horn being a notoriously intractable beast. There was volume, but...

Author: By Edgar Murray, | Title: Cambridge Civic Symphony | 12/15/1959 | See Source »

It would have been uncharacteristic of Lowell to stop while things were going his way, and indeed, he did not. In his annual report for 1908-09 Lowell wrote, "It may be hoped that under the new rules for the choice of electives, some form of general examinations... on the...

Author: By Penelope C. Kline, | Title: Lowell's Regime Introduced Concentration and House System | 12/15/1959 | See Source »

By 1915, Lowell, who had already established a wide reputation for being anything but complacent, set out on yet another academic crusade--tutorial. One of the most formidable criticisms of his plan for general examinations had been that the average student couldn't pass such an examination without help in...

Author: By Penelope C. Kline, | Title: Lowell's Regime Introduced Concentration and House System | 12/15/1959 | See Source »

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