Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...North we have a long, long way to go in the unshackling of our prejudices, but thank God we're still not in the rock-throwing stage, but those participating students at Alabama University would do better in their studies and have a better chance of success in their chosen fields if they forgot about Miss Autherine Lucy [Feb. 20] and opened their books to the assigned pages. All of them might make a stronger America if they would eat their eggs, leave the rocks in the garden, and direct their animosities toward the real threat of Communism...
...swinging improvisations did not seem so improvised any more. But this exhibit from the past-venerable enough to have a movie made about his life-was still able to show a new generation that there is something besides Dixieland, "progressive," and the noise called rock-'n'-roll. "One of the worst things about this stuff they play nowadays," said Benny, "is what it does to the musicians. I had an awful time trying to get some guys together who could really deliver music. A little while ago I went over to Birdland to see what was going...
Besides Martin, other major officers elected last week were Robert B. Hill '57 of North Little Rock, Ark, and Dunster House, vice-president; George H. Shapiro '58 of Atlanta, Ga. and Dunster House, bulletin editor; David N. Smith '58 of Saranac Lake, N.Y. and Kirkland House, treasurer; and Joseph L. Heisler, Jr. '57 of Wayne, Pa. and Winthrop House, secretary...
...original finding of Cave One at Qumran, near the Dead Sea, makes a romantic tale of chance. Two shepherds, searching for a stray goat, climbed four hundred feet up a steep rock-fall. One of them casually tossed a rock to scare the goat. The missile entered a small hole, and there was a sudden clatter of pottery. Inquisitive, the two crawled in and observed several tall jars and a pile of debris. When leaving they took several foul-smelling scrolls, rolled up inside the jars...
...proves a success, Rock Island will eventually convert entirely to lightweight trains. Said President Downing B. Jenks: "We think the train will prove so economical to buy and operate that we'll be able to reduce fares while giving better service...