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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have not always had a good time. Commissioner George F. Zook quit in 1934, after one year, for a job as president of the American Council on Education. The last commissioner, John Ward Studebaker, held the post for 14 years, then (after policy disagreements with new FSA Chief Oscar R. Ewing), resigned in June with the explanation: "I can no longer afford to remain in the Federal Government." Ewing had spent eight months searching for somebody able and willing to fill the job. In spite of all that, Earl McGrath is looking forward to the commissionership. A man who finds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Willing & Able | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Britain's J. Arthur Rank, who suggested Eagle Lion's formation to U.S. Railroad-Juggler Robert R. Young. For British pictures the company has also developed an audience in 200 to 250 cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Small Wonder | 2/28/1949 | See Source »

Members of the class D team, which is undefeated in school and college competition, include D. Symmes, M. Flug, D. Aldrich, C. Peterson, and J. Welch, with alternates R. Hunt, J. Gazzan, and P. Randall. The class D group includes the sixth through tenth men of the regular freshman team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class D Squash Team Plays in State Finals | 2/25/1949 | See Source »

...Charles R. Brynteson '50, Co-Chairman of the Student Welfare Committee of the Council and father of the poll, consulted Charles F. Mosteller, associate professor of Mathematical Statistics, in preparing the questions, and had them pre-tested for possible complications. The final version of the poll has questions about possible investigation of the dining rooms by experts, and asks what should be done if food prices go down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Polls College on Dining Hall Food Today | 2/23/1949 | See Source »

ELEPHANT AND CASTLE (658 pp.)-R. C. Hufchinson-Rinehart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Miscalculated Mission | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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