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Sherston's Progress begins with his treatment in a mental hospital, covers his readmittance to active service when his desire to make a martyr of himself ebbed, his service in Ireland, Palestine, his return to his command in France. A simple, moving book, it has little in common with most War literature in its dry ironic tone, its study of Sassoon's effort to free his mind of doubt and concentrate on the task of making himself a good officer for his men. Written with a matter-of-fact detachment, it occasionally rises to rhetorical heights, as when...
Three main problems of administration in the Graduate Schools await President Conant on his return from England. This year the new School of Public Administration, made possible by the gift of $2,000,000 from Lucius N. Littauer, is Scheduled to take shape. This year also the Graduate School of Education has been reorganized. The curriculum will be more closely related to that of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and general examinations will largely supplant course credits in the pursuit of the degree. Finally, President Conant must continue his search for a Dean for the Law School...
Cash collections on the Student Council pledge cards Friday and Saturday have already mounted up to over $2,500, with unpaid pledges totaling approximately an additional $2,500. This return is very satisfactory and seems to be well over the amount recorded at the same date last year. 1940 gave $1,202 in cash Friday; upperclassmen an amount slightly less than this Saturday...
Scholarships will he awarded as usual to needy students who are not necessarily on the Dean's List. Already this fall two scholarships totaling $174 have been given to upperclassmen who would not otherwise have been able to return to College...
Whether the New Deal stays or goes, it must be admitted that the era when American business was a "free lunch counter" can never return. Business is being played more and more according to rules, imposed from both within and without. The elements of luck and audacity count for less than they did in former times. In such a game a man thoroughly trained in the best tactics of the business world will achieve the highest score...