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These plays represent only a part of the term's work, with another full-scale production set for May and readings coming every two weeks. After a three night home stand, "Waiting For Lefty" and "The Ping-Pong Players" will go on a short read tour to Smith and Wellesley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HDC Starts Work On Three Spring Plays This Week | 2/19/1947 | See Source »

Precisely what this can mean has been demonstrated in capsule scale during the past month in Michigan, where newly-elected Governor Kim Sigler declared war in Michigan Youth for Democratic Action, an affiliate of American Youth for Democracy. When the administration of Michigan State College made membership in its tiny AYD chapter a probationary offense, 22 faculty members representing 11 departments and 27 students representing 16 organizations jumped into action immediately at the nearby University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to form a Committee for Academic Freedom. The broad base of this solidified campus hostility is mild indication of what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hysteria Shenanigans | 2/19/1947 | See Source »

Notes on U.S. customs, habits, manners & morals, as reported in the U.S. press: ¶ New York's Industrial Commissioner Edward Corsi gave his answer to the old question of how much to tip. His scale of average tips: taxi drivers, 12%; barbers, 15%; waiters, 71%; bootblacks, 5? a shine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Feb. 17, 1947 | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

...bitterest pill is the fact that not six months ago, London refused large scale immigration into Palestine "because of the large British army that would be required there to keep peace." Yet today, there is a British army of well over 100,000 in the Holy Land whose apparent function is to wipe out the Jewish underground. If the British could succeed in this venture. Palestine would house a permanent Jewish minority. Naturally, the Arab League, even if cut off in Palestine, would make its weight felt throughout the other British interests in the Middle East. After five years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Progress | 2/14/1947 | See Source »

...fought for retention of the system last year know how unpopular it is with many members of the Faculty and the Administration." He also predicted that the practical difficulties now standing in the way of tutorial would have considerably abated within two years. "Then a full scale effort should be made to restore tutorial throughout the College," he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Council Pledges Active Tutorial Interest | 2/13/1947 | See Source »

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