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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Never Forget . . ." One recent advertiser, Gerhardt Stumm, a plump, 31-year-old salesman, paid extra (minimum rate: about 50? a week) to get a picture of the Bavarian Alps in his "love-wanted" ad. It ran: "What fraulein would like to go on a two-week holiday to Bavaria by automobile, all expenses paid? Congenial and well-to-do gentleman seeks blonde at least five feet tall, not older than 23. She must not wear glasses." Stumm received 13 replies. He picked a slight (111-lb 5ft. 3-in.), dark-haired girl who wanted a holiday "awfully much." Later, Stumm...
Thereupon Stevens proceeded to release the violent pressure on his stern New England conscience. State auditors who had just examined Andover's books reported a shortage of $3,295.28. Nor were the Andover books the only ones in trouble: a recent state report showed that 21 towns had acquired deficits of more than $62,000, in one way or another...
...indulging itself in four whole days of decent movies this week. Beginning today and running through Saturday, the management will present eight films, two a day, ranging from eminent oldsters to recent box-office successes...
Harvard cannot claim sainthood in the matter of tolerance, but it is interesting to compare the recent Eisler episode--or rather the lack of an "episode"--with instances of egg-throwing and organized hectoring by self-appointed student vigilantes that have dogged "free institutions of learning" throughout the country. The College itself had a disagreeable taste of this last year in the case of the anti-draft meeting in Sanders Theater. That was something most undergraduates were sorry about. The orderly attention to Gerhart Eisler Monday night, on the other hand, was something to be a little proud...
Because of the post-war overflow of students, the Law School has been operating on an accelerated schedule since 1945, awarding degrees in February, June, and September. Before the war, awards were made only in June. The recent February class was the next to last one graduating on the accelerated schedule...