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...Mills as a young widow with two small boys, raised it from a dowdy finishing school to a western Vassar. Its students run their own affairs, are allowed to stay out until 2:30 a.m. and are Stanford men's favorite dates. Mrs. Reinhardt, whom they fondly call "Pres" to her cheerful face, has two basic principles in educating them: 1) "Women need mental muscles," 2) "Woman is more important than anything she knows." She tries to teach them to be good wives & mothers and to take an interest in creative arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Dr. Reinhardt at Home | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...Bishop Coadjutor of Pennsylvania-the second oldest, largest and richest Episcopal diocese in the country; and next year he will automatically succeed 80-year-old Dr. Francis Marion Taitt as Bishop. The diocese will almost certainly pay him less than the $12,000 salary he receives from his pres-ent church, perhaps even less than the $9,000 he received from his previous parish, but the post will make him one of the outstanding young leaders of the church. He is only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: A Bishop at Last | 5/25/1942 | See Source »

That it is one of the few sports that can help the nation directly and immediately has been stated by Pres. Roosevelt and lesser government officials. The chief executive's office recently wrote to Commodore Howard A. Finch of the Interlake Yachting Association that "the continuation of yachting is encouraged by the Navy department, and many young men with yachting experience have joined the Navy and have there demonstrated the value of their previous training...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government to Encourage College Yachting for War | 4/16/1942 | See Source »

...ageless and radiant in the years of freedom, is that of a gnarled and brooding old lady under the Nazis. The city was in no mood for a facelifting last week, but it had started to get one. The Germans were tearing down buildings in St. Germain des Pres, St. Gervais, Le Marais, the Palais Royal and the Halles (central markets). Except St. Germain, all these quarters belong to the old inner Paris, walled and fortified at the end of the 12th Century by Philippe Auguste, the powerful king who conquered Normandy and pushed his authority past feudal nobles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Regardez-moi | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

...program will include a Dutch Folk Song, "Prayer of Thanksgiving"; Josquin des Pres, "O Domine Jesu Christi"; Verdi, opening scene from "Otello"; Scottish Folk Song, "Bonnic Dundee"; American Folk Song, arranged by Edward B. Lawton, "Casey Jones"; and Sullivan, four choruses from "Patience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Glee Club Presents Final Outdoor Concert Tonight | 5/27/1941 | See Source »

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