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Groups of considerable size are the philosophers, the writers, the economists, the government majors, the scientist, and the historians. Ferry strives to have representatives of all interests people the Halls of Standish and Gore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Athletic Puritans Seek New Scholarly Stimulus | 3/25/1952 | See Source »

Forced into receivership last August, Detroit's 92-year-old packing house, Hammond Standish & Co., just closed down; the banks which had made heavy loans were baying too loudly. But the company's 325 employees, many of whom had been with it all their working lives, loyally decided to put the company back on its feet. A month ago, 175 of them went back to work under an agreement to collect no wages in the first two weeks, be paid after that only if the firm was back in the black. Last week President Joseph Strobl announced that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Act of Faith | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

Landon and Uhr have found the problem of what to do a pretty tough one, since Harvard has lost to Yale in Burt L. Standish's "Merriwell" novels since time immemorial. In an effort to make everyone happy, when Uhr flies East next week he will drop in for a chat with President Conant, according to the newspaper, Film Daily...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Lost Out in Print, May Make Recovery on Film | 3/24/1951 | See Source »

...present slanted situation began in 1912 when the sidewalk between Gore and Standish Halls was first built. The underlying land was a marsh at that time, and once the heavy sidewalk was laid, it immediately began to settle on a lopsided angle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Workmen Put Puritan Walk on Level Ground | 11/9/1950 | See Source »

...evolution of our present setup began innocuously in 1914. Freshman halls were built, Smith, Gore, Standish, and McKinlock, with their own dining system. The dining hall of Gore is now the Winthrop House dining room, and McKinlock's is Leverett House's dining room. Long tables ran the length of these rooms, which were served by waitresses known as the Flying Squadron. These were the first dining halls to be served by a central kitchen...

Author: By Edward J. Sack, | Title: College Has 300 Year Food Problem | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

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