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...lower its annual beer consumption; it is only once a year that a Food-for-Europe drive or its equivalent asks Harvard men for a fraction of their monthly allowances. But to complain when not only does one eat well personally, but the country one hails from lets food rot while other parts of the world go hungry: that is simply indecent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 9/21/1951 | See Source »

...lower its annual beer consumption; it is only once a year that a Food-for-Europe drive or its equivalent asks Harvard men for a fraction of their monthly allowances. But to complain when not only does one eat well personally, but the country one hails from lets food rot while other parts of the world go hungry: that is simply indecent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 9/20/1951 | See Source »

Members of the Class of '55 will arrive in Cambridge beginning Monday, September 17, but much of their thoughts will constantly turn homeward as they wonder what their local draft board is going to do with them. Many men are expected to sign up with one of the three ROT programs...

Author: By Frank B. Gilbert, | Title: 1,100 Freshmen to Register Here This Month; Chances Under Draft Depend on Local Boards | 9/12/1951 | See Source »

...sheer size and fanaticism, their "peace parade" was impressive. But there were signs that Communism's World Youth Festival was not all it was meant to be. Food supplies were badly fouled up. A Red commissary officer was jailed for allowing 380 tons of meat to rot. East Germany's overburdened transport system broke down, stranded thousands of blueshirts en route to Berlin. And though East German police barred 165 East-West streets, closed 30 westbound subway stations to protect their delegates from "imperialistic contamination," more than 50,000 young Reds a day swarmed into the Western sector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: The Blueshirts | 8/20/1951 | See Source »

Must your newspaper's critics relentlessly follow their hapless brethren down the road of diluted rot where there is no integrity, no craftsmanship, no clear and vivid expression and where measurements and analyses serve alone to convey the vanity of that elegant man of letters who with perfect taste in every line prides himself in being above his work? Or can the CRIMSON recognize an artistic aim and rise to the occasion of true criticism by doing justice to actor, playwright and their readers who willingly subscribe five cents daily for enlightenment and ask so little in compensation. David...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Critics Confounded | 5/1/1951 | See Source »

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