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...open life. . . . Only then did his heart stir when moss and ivy grew green on the ruins of the towns, and under the broken tracery of vaulted cathedrals the bats fluttered in the moon. . . . Wherever the structures raised by the ordered life of man began to crumble, his brood sprang up like mushroom spawn...
Billings' selection of detail told a lot about Calvin Coolidge, the stock from which he sprang, and a lot about the U.S. and about a period which, even in 1933, was becoming dim. The "point" of the story was news because, although it may be hidden, the New England stamp, the shrewd, homely democracy of the little white towns, is impressed on the American character...
...responsible for 1947's great step. Like many fateful decisions, it sprang only partly from the brain. It was an act brought about by events, and their steady, unending hammering on the U.S. sense of justice. But one man symbolized the U.S. action. He was Secretary of State George Marshall. As the man who offered hope to those who desperately needed it, he was the Man of the Year...
...Wake sprang up in the fall of 1944 taking the place of the then deoment Advocate, featuring student contributions in its early issues but soon expanding to include such prominent writers as E.E. Cummings '15, Convad Aiken '11, Harry Levin '33, and Kenneth Patchen...
...losing side of the ledger, Winthrop absorbed the worst drubbing as Pierson College suddenly sprang to life in the second half to score 26 points while holding the Deacons scoreless. A desperate Puritan drive in the last moments of play backfired with an 85-yard return of a pass interception...