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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that time it was hoped that the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia could unite with the protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland to form a federation whose eventual goal would be an independent dominion within the Commonwealth. Nyasaland, with its over 99 per cent black population, feared domination by the strong white settler population of Southern Rhodesia; but it was hoped that the Federation would help both areas economically and would constitute a buffer betwen the reactionary white government of South Africa and the pure black territories to the North...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Unrest in Rhodesia | 3/12/1959 | See Source »

...colleges and universities will have to learn to evaluate the needs of prospective borrowers. Lack of experience in this area, Monro maintained, should not make such measurement difficult; any good system needs only a firm, reasonable expense budget, and an equally well-determined estimate of family aid and student self-help...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Monro Praises Flexibility, Scope Of New Student Loan Program | 3/11/1959 | See Source »

...opposing view was stated by Alice J. Hendrickson '60. Noting that small classes have the "obvious advantages of closer student-faculty contact and opportunity for student self-expression," Miss Hendrickson pointed out that controlled discussions often provided valuable educational experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffies Show Varied Reactions To Education at Three Colleges | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...team is now on a self-supporting basis since a faculty vote last year halted its financial aid from the Athletic Department. Eliot's team, normally coached by Ted Lockwood, can usually practice only during meets. In addition to training exercises indoors, the skiers manage an occasional session of skiing in Cambridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Ski Team Faces Slate Of Tough Late-Season Tourneys | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

...epigrams and elegant pseudo-nonsense are as natural to them as "Please pass the ketchup" and "Aw, go---yourself" are to us. Any gesture or inflection that seems as if it is there for its own sake, or for the sake of the laugh it creates, or in a self-conscious attempt at style, or because the actor cannot think of anything better, or because a bit of the actor himself emerges when he is not looking--is wrong. Extravagance there must be, to match Wilde's extravagance, but it must appear to be the extravagance of the character...

Author: By Julius Novick, | Title: The Importance of Being Earnest | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

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