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WHAT are Christians to make of a document that pronounces a blessing on the act of snatching up a baby and beating its brains out against the pavement? The question is indeed pertinent, because the blessing is offered in the beautiful 137th Psalm. Such provocative questions are raw material for C. S. Lewis, amateur Christian theologian, whose thoughtful books, lectures and articles on the subject (notably The Screwtape Letters) are now supplemented by a brilliant new volume on the psalms. Philosopher Lewis concludes, among other things, that modern man might be better off if, like psalm people, he broke...
...quite aware of the fact that it must accomodate intelligent, creative students who wish to benefit from the advantages of independent study and individual tutorial offered by the Honors program yet evade the sometimes restrictive requirements incumbent upon Honors candidates to fulfill. Accomodation, in this respect, is primarily a question of working out complicated administrative details and Departmental rulings...
Also in doubt is the entire question of independent study and increased senior Faculty participation in tutorial. But doubt remains, not because the Faculty has been hesitant about adopting the CEP's recommendations, but because these recommendations must first be made into concrete reforms by each Department. And here a great latitude for the exercise both of wisdom and wit exists...
...died of a broken heart, they really mean a broken ego. Physicians agree that a deep blow to one's personality may lower physical resistance in some cases. Poorly handled losses have already been pointed to as triggers for many diseases, including cancer, tuberculosis, ulcerative colitis, heart failure. Question remains: does ego-damage really precipitate illness...
...Litton's profits reached $3,700,000 in the last fiscal year, they have yet to live up to the price of his highly touted, fast-rising stock, now selling at 56^-or 26 times earnings. The competition in the industry is growing so rough that competitors still question whether Litton is strong enough to compete over the long run. Tex Thornton himself expects that many a promising, new electronics maker will be shaken out of the industry. Says he: "The same thing will happen in the relatively new electronics-based industry as in autos and aircraft. All industries...