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...building of the new theatre, for which a committee of prominent alumni is now soliciting funds. Meanwhile, however, a generation of students is going through the College with almost no official instruction in dramatic arts. As yesterday's announcement indicates, the University can take immediate steps to strengthen College drama provisionally and at the same time to pave the way for the new theatre...
Coach Bruce Munro expects to use Dick Wooiston and Charies Wolle as forwards, Noel Tyl at center, and Tom Bernheim and Bob Montgomery at the guard positions. Wolle, second high scorer for the season behind Woolsten, and Tony Massari have recently recovered from fin, and should strengthen the team in its quest for its seventh victory...
...like the Russian Research Center. Such a center for the Far East is now equally important. If the University were to make long range plans for a Far Eastern Research Center, foundations would probably help finance new permanent appointments to the faculty. By appealing to an outside source to strengthen Far Eastern studies, Harvard would not only be "leading from strength," but would be leading into a vital field of research not yet fully explored...
...have to conclude that Chou En-lai is a mere boastful muddler. Such is the conflict of evidence. It is an even bet either way for this year. But a Communist grab for Formosa is a virtual certainty next year or the year after that if we do not strengthen our shockingly weakened defenses on this side of the Pacific and if we fail to find some better Asian policy than piecemeal retreat...
...British Colonial Office, eager to unite the West Indies into an economically sound federation, hoped that the Princess' visit would strengthen the West Indian loyalty to the crown. The royal family undoubtedly hoped that the trip might have some of the same effect, so to speak, on Margaret; London society insists that she is still deeply in love with R.A.F. Group Captain Peter Townsend, a war hero but a divorcé (TIME, July 20, 1953). If she decides to marry Townsend (which she will be eligible to do without the sovereign's permission after her 25th birthday...