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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aims and potentialities of a National Student Organization is presented in the lead article by Don S. Willner. The NSO (or NSA) is envisioned as a non-partisan service organization, free from-domination by any political, religions, or social group, but including all students regardless of race, sex, or political and economic belief. It should "fight for academic freedom, for student rights, and for the goal of ending discrimination." It should encourage international student exchange, student travel, and student relief; help reduce student expenses, work for increased scholarships; and promote forum and discussion groups, artistic and cultural development, and student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Shelf | 8/28/1947 | See Source »

...Chicago Herald-American had dawdled along in a well-worn rut. Next to Bertie McCormick's Tribune, it had the biggest circulation in town and was holding it. But the Herald's news coverage had gone dull after the whoopdedoo of the Heirens murder case. Sex crimes got big headlines now & again, but the news lacked the red-and-saffron splashes of rich detail that had won the Herald its readers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Shakeup in Chicago | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Bees & Flowers. Sex arouses the most curiosity about Summerhill. It is discussed freely and unemotionally. There is no specific sex instruction, but a child is given simple, straightforward answers to anything he asks about. Headmaster Neill is convinced that guilt connected with masturbation is at the root of most "antisocial" children's disturbances. Says Neill: "Free'dom in masturbation means glad, happy, eager children who are not much interested in masturbation. A masturbation Verbot means miserable, unhappy children, often prone to colds and epidemics, hating themselves and consequently hating others. I say that the happiness and cleverness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: That Dreadful School | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...Copenhagen, the Baptist World Alliance had wound up its meeting (the first since 1939) on a lofty note. The 5,000 delegates from 49 countries adopted a ringing manifesto: "It is our first duty to extend the rights of conscience to all people, irrespective of their race, color, sex or religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: First Duty | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

...Humorist Perelman acquired not only Bijou Lass but two other cows to keep her company. When they arrived at Rising Gorge, his Bucks County (Pa.) farm, his wife took one look and turned a "dusty vermilion." He started to explain, "but the poor creature, irrational as only her sex can be, caught up a nest of flowerpots and was trying to get my range. I spent the night doubled up in a feed bin, listening to the mammoths eating me into bankruptcy. ... To date, they have tucked away twelve bales of hay, five blocks of salt and three bushels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Down on the Farm | 8/18/1947 | See Source »

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