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Gerald Else '29, senior tutor of Winthrop House and instructor in Greek and Latin, has accepted an appointment as head of the classical language department at the State University of Iowa. He will not take over the post until after the war, however, since he has obtained a leave of absence to enter government service...
Some people seem to think TIME'S treatment and interpretation of various stories in the news is thought out and ordered in the sanctum of some Editorialissimo (see left and take your pick), that thereupon all vice presidents, managing and senior editors and other executives snap into line, and that teams of writers and researchers then proceed-with a precision that would make the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes look like an awkward squad-to produce that exact story down to the last semicolon. In short, put idea in slot, pull lever and zing-next thing you know...
...because facts will not fit into goosestepping patterns, there are on almost any story clashes and contradictions, some major, some minor, which have to be resolved before it goes to press. They can be resolved only by discussion and counter-discussion in which the managing editor, one or more senior editors, the chief of research, and the writer and researcher who have done the actual spadework on the story are all involved. The only managerial technique that could stand such a strain is a technique that relies not on rigidity but on the utmost flexibility...
With two members of the senior faculty, J. Franklin Ebersole, Converse Professor of Banking and Finance, and Charles C. Abbott, associate professor of Business Economics, already assigned to the task, investigation has begun on the adoption of methods to insure steady employment during the reconversion and demobilization periods...
When the Class of '44 has completed its Class Day ceremonies on May 26, and the hilarity of the occasion has subsided somewhat, the annual Senior Spread, which this year is to be held in Lowell House, will take place...