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Dates: during 1940-1949
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But by British university standards, many "could not... either read or write...Somewhere in their early education there was a failure to order, to connect, and to discriminate... they read rapidly, desperately, and far too much ... and the result was often a fearful intellectual congestion from which many of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Berlin, Ex-Harvard Lecturer, Cites Faults of Universities | 12/10/1949 | See Source »

"The nation which dropped on the citizens of Japan the devastating atomic bomb makes itself ridiculous when it hesitates at any means of assuring the peoples under the yoke of our potential enemies that we have no quarrel with them."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Flanders Asks U.S. to Speak Out on Bomb | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

"We enjoyed ourselves at the Conants' tea for freshmen, so we decided to reciprocate and invite them to our room. They probably don't get many chances to talk to freshmen," host Michael J. Halberstanm '52 explained.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President and Mrs. Conant Sip Tea in Freshmen's Room | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

The President and his wife arrived slightly out of breath after climbing to the fourth floor, sipped a cup of tea, talked about freshman life and examinations for about ten minutes, and them departed or a Leverett House dinner. Conant returned Monday from a four day trip to Houston, Texas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: President and Mrs. Conant Sip Tea in Freshmen's Room | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

For the first two minutes of last night's Blockhouse game with Boston University the freshman basketball team looked as though it were going to hand the game to BU. But after this sloppy opening the Yardlings settled down, grabbed a 12 point half time lead, and kept the highly...

Author: By Bayley F. Mason, | Title: Yard Five Downs BU, 56-48; Elects Lionette Captain | 12/9/1949 | See Source »

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