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If you are debating whether or not to send a son to college, you may want to take a look at the "Portrait of the Old Grad'' from a job-and-salary standpoint. Just about five out of six male graduates hold down top positions in their communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 24, 1952 | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

A fine opportunity for the basketball team to end its ten-game losing streak will present itself tonight at the Blockhouse in the form of the Boston University squad. The Terriers, while not push-overs in any sense, are probably the weakest team the Crimson will face for the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Weak BU Five Gives Varsity Chance to End Loss Streak | 2/26/1952 | See Source »

Another less subtle method of detecting the whereabouts of incipient hang-overs is lounging in front of liquor stores which sell ice and following those customers who emerge straining under large, brown bags.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How to Freeload Without Being An Intolerable Plonk | 5/4/1951 | See Source »

Still others suspect the Dining Hall Department of unscrupulous motives. They think the Department buys left-overs in unpopular flavors to get lower rates. This could not be so, because in wholesale quantities (the University bought 57,615 gallons last year) all flavors cost the same. Nor is the University...

Author: By Alee I. W. frank, | Title: Brass Tacks | 3/21/1951 | See Source »

The pre-war setup preserved the clubs' right to choose their membership but a special committee allocated all the left-overs among them.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Social Problems Stir 3 Ivy Colleges | 11/3/1949 | See Source »

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