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First, Exeter is more like Harvard than any other school. The Exonian, having reached the top of a very select and highly competitive group after four years of struggle, is reluctant to admit that he is on the bottom of the pile again. While he is no different from his classmates in this respect, he finds it easier to avoid recognizing his new lowly position...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: The Exeter Man: Rebel Without a Cause | 11/9/1957 | See Source »

Somehow I have a deep, disquieting, indeed fearful premonition that TIME will select Governor Faubus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 28, 1957 | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...other hand, any second-year law student may apply for membership in the Voluntary Defenders. Founded in 1949 by two students who broke off from the Legal Aid Bureau, the Voluntary Defenders group handles criminal cases. Each year the third-year members select 13 new members from over 70 applicants on the basis of written material submitted and oral interviews. "This way," explained Richard C. Kohls 3L, president of the Voluntary Defenders, "we get people who are really interested in helping indigents, rather than students who simply get good grades...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: Student-run Law Bureaus Donate Counsel to Needy | 10/18/1957 | See Source »

...Harvard-Radcliffe Advocate, WHRRB, or indeed, the Harvard-Radcliffe CRIMSON. Few 'Cliffites are concerned about the names and it would be unfortunate if the Annex Administration insisted on putting this stumbling block in the way of a worthwhile proposal. We can assume, however, that a newlyformed joint organization would select a dual name at its outset. Of course, any existing group wishing to revise its title could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Urge to Merge | 10/10/1957 | See Source »

...select group of Radcliffe administrative officers and staff received injections against Asian flu today, Dr. Sholem Postel, director of the Radcliffe Health Center, reported. Key maintenance workers, dormitory head residents, and Health Center personnel were inoculated previously...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Entries May Be Wards If Flu Strikes | 10/3/1957 | See Source »

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