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...first signs of spring began to appear across the countryside last week, a U.S. farm magazine turned young farmers' thoughts to the problems of taking a wife. In its spring issue, The Farm Quarterly (cir. 189,000) warned the young farmer to be careful to select the proper strain. Its recommendations, with some adjustments, were thought-provoking for city cousins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Best Strain of Wife | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...Test for a Pigeon. A young farmer who must make his way should select a "Type I" wife. She should be "sound of wind and limb," should not have more than a high-school education, and "should not be disturbed by muddy boots in her kitchen, nor by the dogs sleeping under the stove . . . nor the continuous parade of newborn pigs and lambs in bushel baskets by the kitchen stove. She should be farm-reared . . . It takes a woman a long time to learn how to get her weight properly under a bale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Best Strain of Wife | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

...Committee will select four or five candidates for each Part, and these men will be coached by Frederick C. Packard, Jr. '20, associate professor of Public Speaking, student in any Faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drafts of Class-Day Parts Due April 15 | 3/19/1955 | See Source »

...Cambridge Hospitality Committee, an organization formed to aid student members of minority groups select rooms in Cambridge, will do the actual work of surveying rooms. Hastie will act in an advisory capacity to the committee...

Author: By Winthrop P. Smith, | Title: PBH to Help In Survey of Grad Housing | 3/15/1955 | See Source »

Radcliffe students also voted in favor of a resolution calling for all-college votes only on the president and the NSA alternate delegate, allowing the Council to select the other officers, and a recommendation favoring the election of Council delegates before elections for dormitory offices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Campbell Wins Election to Become Radcliffe Student Council President | 2/26/1955 | See Source »

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