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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...investigation will concentrate on the plight of foreign students and the priority they receive for room space in Perkins and Conant Halls, present graduate school dormitories...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Graduate Dorms To Be Discussed By Joint Council | 11/26/1948 | See Source »

...Middlebury debaters cited the advantages of the Labor Party regime, claiming its economic advantages overbalanced any inefficiency, while the Harvard group, composed of Howard G. Godfrcy '50 and W. Robert Kratz '50, opposed the present British government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debaters Beaten By Middlebury on Labor Party Rule | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...present, upwards of 30 skaters are working out at the Arena under the eyes of Chase, defense coach Stan Priddy, and goalie coach Dave Mittell, who have the task of making final cuts within the next few days. Just which men of the 30 will form Harvard's starting lineup probably won't be known until the night before next Wednesday's opener with...

Author: By Douglas M. Fouquet, | Title: Lining Them Up | 11/24/1948 | See Source »

...Jake doggedly formed a new company which bought the old firm's assets for $400,000, and began building their present smaller but much less vulnerable empire. Completely self-sufficient, it includes a script company (which owns more than 1,000 shows), a music publishing company, a scenery-and-costume company, and the Trebuhs (Shubert spelled backwards) Realty Co., which, with the Shubert Theater Corp., owns 16 of the 32 legitimate theaters in New York, owns or controls 21 outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boys from Syracuse | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

Less than a year after his death (in 1813), his sons were already planning to ignore his wish and publish the autobiography. They quarreled about it, and not until 1905 did a small, expurgated edition appear. The present edition, which is complete, also includes two "commonplace books" in which the good doctor recorded hundreds of experiences, conversations and thoughts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: What the Doctor Said | 11/22/1948 | See Source »

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