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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...committee, now completing remodeling plans on the present library, plans to investigate the measure as part of a program to improve library falsities at the 'Cliffe. No action will be taken, however, until revamping of the present library is completed...
...member of each team will give a five minute introductory talk explaining the position taken by the two squads. Following these, there will be a 30 minute moderated round table discussion in which both sides will present their pertinent remarks. Finally, each team will make a two minute summary of its position in relation to the remarks of the other team, and will try to reach a constructive conclusion...
Before an audience of over 150, the chairman of the Committee on Admissions stated that Harvard's desire to get a well-rounded student body led it to have "flexible" standards in accepting men. Under certain conditions, he pointed out, Harvard will accept a boy who has taken a commercial or industrial course in school...
...balmy summer nights were much too nice to spend below decks, so many evenings were taken up with quiet outdoor amusements. Lifeboats were rated excellent substitutes for the parlor sofa or the back seat of the family car, and it was rumored that some of the blanket rolls on the boat deck were cood...
...enterprising contingent from the banks of the Charles wangled a free ride into Berlin on a U. S. military train. Once in the city, they found that the U. S. Consul General was a Harvard man, and were soon living in luxury at the Consulate. They were taken on guided tours of the city, and after a pleasant stay, they got a free flight back to Tri-zone in an empty air-lift transport. Another Harvard undergraduate with a flair for the lurid spent a weekend with the Salvador Dalis in Spain...