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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...R. Peterman '52. of Wigglesworth Hall and Yonkers, N. V., was elected chairman of the Union Committee at the group's weekly meeting last night at the Union. At 7:30 p.m. tonight the Union Pre-Medical Club is sponsoring a talk by Kendall Emerson, Jr., of the Harvard Medical School's Admissions Committee on "preparation for Medical School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peterman Elected as Chief of Union Group | 11/18/1948 | See Source »

...William R. Grafe '51 and John Patrick La Ware '51, both pre-meds, assisted in the delivery; the condition of all concerned is now termed "satisfactory." Wheeling and his room-mates are refusing to release the names of the kittens in line with current policy towards important births...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Feline Emergency Presents Cat's Cradle to Adams Room | 11/17/1948 | See Source »

Died. Elizabeth Root Luce, 77, widow of the late Dr. Henry Winters Luce, prominent missionary educator in China (1897-1926), and mother of Henry R. Luce, editor-in-chief of TIME, LIFE and FORTUNE; after a long illness; in Haverford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 15, 1948 | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...appointment came as a surprise to Oxonians, probably including John Lowe himself. When Vice Chancellor W.T.S. Stallybrass was killed in an accident a fortnight, ago (he was the first ever to die in office), his job should normally have gone to the next senior college head-Dr. John R. H. Weaver, president of Trinity. Dr. Weaver declined the appointment for reasons of health. Next in line: Dr. Cecil Maurice Bowra, warden of Wadham, who was at Harvard as a visiting professor and did not want to interrupt his visit to return to England. So the appointment fell to Lowe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Question of Continuity | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

...increased in an unexpected way. The attraction of "sure profits" on fixed prices lured thousands of new merchants into business. As they scrambled for customers, price-cutting returned in another form. Now, in order to undersell the "protected" independents, most large chain stores put out their own brands. R. S. Macy & Co. has over 1,400 such items. Gimbels offers its own brand of bonded liquor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fair Trade? | 11/15/1948 | See Source »

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