Word: papered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small school gets to be somebody" if he wants to. This is as true in studies as it is in extracurricular activities. If there is any intrinsic value in being first in one's class or captain of the football team or editor of the school paper, then a smaller school, offering less competition, makes it more likely that a boy will be able to "find himself" in some activity. Of course the quality of the finished product is rarely as high as in a more competitive atmosphere. Middlesex cannot hope to compete with Andover or Exeter in football...
...Although I can't vouch that a canvass of the Faculty would bring an overwhelming paean of praise for the CRIMSON, I believe that the Faculty owes a large debt of gratitude to the CRIMSON, probably greater than it realizes. Faculty members would, I think, almost universally commend the paper for its occasional "feature articles." They would, I suspect, be less complimentary about the editorials on subjects of which they have special knowledge, but they would be more generous in respect for criticism of other departments than their own. But I don't know whether they would agree or disagree...
...startling blank patches marked censuré appeared in their pages, French papers warned readers that all of their news should be taken with more than a soupçon of salt. Influential Editor-Director Hubert Beuve-Méry of the Paris daily Le Monde removed his name from its familiar spot beneath the masthead, argued that responsibility for the paper had passed to the government...
Henry gets an offer of ?100,000 for the Northern Light from a wicked, sensation-mongering London press lord. When he refuses, the villainous Londoners go to work on him. They bring in their own paper, hire away Henry's old employees, grab his old advertisers, buy the very building he prints in. They even gull his giddy daughter into an interview in which she announces her admiration for their paper. Poor Henry is brought to his knees, and to bringing out the Northern Light by duplicating machine. That starts rallying British readers to the underdog...
...CRIMSON will publish daily until Commencement, with a special issue each day. This issue is devoted to the Program for Harvard College; tomorrow's paper will highlight the Class of 1933; the Wednesday edition will be given over to the Class...