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...time. A ship's doctor, on the voyage from Africa to Italy, examined Hemingway, who complained of aches and pains, and, as Poppa fancifully recalled the diagnosis, spotted 1) three compressed vertebrae, 2) a ruptured kidney and liver, 3) a collapsed intestine, 4) a brain concussion, 5) partial blindness, 6) bad scalp burns. Moreover, before sailing from Mombasa, Poppa had rushed off into the bush as a volunteer firefighter. There he got badly burned again but never said much about it, because by then "people would have thought I was hamming it." Now on the mend under Spain...
This high percentage of accepted applicants and the comparatively superior record of Amherst men at the business, medical, and law schools over university graduates would seem to be partial proof at least that the original American College form of education, through small classes, teaching professors, and an intimate community, is not dead or outdone by the larger colleges with their "great men" and "superior facilities." Once the fraternity menace to higher education, in the form of its emphasis upon mere "good fellowship" has been partially subdued to its proper perspective, as at Amherst, the dream of vigorous small college scholarships...
...Geneva this week, the West was preparing a partial surrender to the Communists. Some pleaded that it was only a small surrender, some that it was necessary to avert worse, some that they were helpless to do otherwise. But surrender it was. Under Geneva's mild sun, the mood of the diplomats was dark; veteran newsmen likened it to Munich...
...Senator has done a great job and will continue to do so." No matter how sincere Mr. Sears may be in his statement that he will go to Washington unprejudiced, his past actions make this unlikely. Only by getting rid of Sears and replacing him with someone less partial, can Mundt and his committee prevent what may well be one of the country's biggest whitewashes...
...ready to help its inhabitants in love; he must, because of his new nature. He does not expect to effect much more than temporary amelioration or partial improvement. Thus he is not too disappointed when goals are not reached or ideals are compromised . . . For him, success and failure are byproducts; the real job is witness. In that he has his joy. He sows as well as he can; maybe God will give the increase; that is His responsibility. Thus he works with the strain off. It is sometimes wise to remember that there is such a thing as Christian nonchalance...