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On Saturday afternoon, a talk by the mayor of Toronto provided a refreshing change from serious disussion and campus touring. The highlight of his talk was a bit of Canadian-American history: "In the War of 1812, the Scotch- Canadian soldiers marched down to Washington with their kilts, skirts, and...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Gund, | Title: Harvard Men See Toronto | 12/13/1961 | See Source »

> With an eye on the success of the automatic laundry, appliance makers have produced a dry-cleaning machine that operates on the same coin-in-the-slot, done-while-you-wait system as the automatic washer. The new machines can take an 8-lb. to 10-lb. load (for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marketplace: New Products | 12/1/1961 | See Source »

40 Pieces of Gold. Throughout all this, the Queen serenely continued her tour. In the northern territories, tribal chiefs put on dazzling ceremonial durbars for the royal visitors. At Tamale, muscular, nearly nude warriors in bikini-brief grass skirts performed the End of the Harvest dance. The most spectacular ceremony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ghana: The Queen's Visit (Contd.) | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

Robert J. Kiely's editorial "Minds on Retreat" challenges Catholic students not "to hide their brains behind the skirts of Holy Mother Church. Faith in Jesus Christ and obedience to the moral law do not mean subjugation of the mind." Kiely's clear-headed argument is the only piece in...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, | Title: The Current | 11/7/1961 | See Source »

Dress varies from the chaste pastel uniforms at Indiana's Saint Mary's College (oldest U.S. Catholic women's campus) to the skin-tight skirts, bouffant hairdos and rainbow eye shadow at the University of Miami. When the sun shines at the University of Texas, every female...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: One Woman, Two Lives | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

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