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...gross breach of Parliamentary rules. Quick to point out the breach was Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, himself a favorite target of Pouliot's interminable tirades. The Deputy Speaker upheld the Minister, ruled that Pouliot must withdraw his words. Pouliot declined. Then he was given the dinner recess to reconsider or be "named" (forced to leave the Chamber...
...third-grade teachers of Harlem's drab, grey brick P.S. 119 took their children into the school yard for recess. One teacher played the piano while five little circles of Negro girls danced gaily. But nine-year-old Margaret Patton had a skin rash and sat alone on a bench. She was a well-behaved youngster - so well-behaved that she sometimes tattled to the teachers about other girls...
Following the standard 16-week term which is designed to meet Navy specifications, a recess will last from Sunday, October 22 through Tuesday, October 31, V-12 men will again report early on the first of the month, with course meetings renewed on November...
Port authorities, housed on the second floor of an old red brick schoolhouse, pored over papers, marked information about ship movements and tonnages on the school blackboards. On the ground floor school went on as usual. At recess time, officers closed their windows to shut out the playground noise, went back to planning the logistics of the greatest single over-water military operation soldiers have ever conceived...
...purpose of the change of dates is-to make possible an earlier report of grades in most courses. Although the last day of examinations is nominally the same as before, only a few small groups are scheduled for the last three days of the period. The recess between terms, running until March 7, will thus be 12 days for most students...