Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...salvaged U.S. prestige by winning, 24-12. Van Epps produced the shot of the day. Two Scots stones, placed about a foot apart, guarded the scoring circle. While Van Epps lined up his shot, Detroit Lawyer John Ritter McKinlay acted as temporary skip to give Van Epps the proper strategy...
Although the program contributed toward making the entire athletic program run a net expense in 1950-51 of $350,000, Conant maintained that "the sum is not to be regarded as an athletic deficit but is as much a proper charge against the resources of the Faculty as the maintenance of a library or a laboratory." He also pointed out that the University has arranged "for the coming football seasons without regard to the gate receipts and provided for lighter schedules...
...consultant, it brought only anger. He said that he 1) would not accept the honors because he did not believe in medals for heroism, 2) disliked the way President Harry Truman was running the country. He wanted no part of the decorations "if it infers that Truman is a proper party to honor these boys and other boys who died over there...
...sociologist has a word for bouncing up through administrative hierarchies without regard for proper channels: short-circuiting. Goaded by the obstinate refusal of the Faculty Student Activities Committee to compromise on the membership list rule, the Student Council has voted to short-circuit the Faculty and present its petition directly to President Conant...
...move is a last-ditch affair; by taking such a position, Council members have risked an anti-climax that may kill the controversy for good. We hope that, better versed in Sociology, they will reverse last Monday's vote and return to the dull but more effective realm of proper channels...