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Speaking of the thirteen men who contributed a dollar and a prayer to found Colgate, one of Colgate's favorite songs says: "funds were low, but abundant was their pluck, in eighteen-nineteen...
...driving his hired car into a ditch every time he saw a group of farmers, then paying the farmers 100 yen each to haul him out, chatting all the while about himself and his platform. Police reported 972 violations of the election laws, including 473 cases of vote buying. Thirteen unsuccessful candidates were thrown into jail the day after the election. Among successful candidates still under .investigation are four members of crusty old (74) Premier Yoshida's party.* Yoshida's Liberals won a bare majority of the Diet (239 out of 466 seats, a loss of 45 seats...
...both sectors of Literature, these deficiencies are not particular to this semester. They have developed over the years. Two years ago, for example, there were thirteen more courses offered than today. By allowing the number of professors teaching American Literature to dwindle to three or four, the department risked losing several key courses, and the risk become fact this year. If the trouble were simply a matter of visiting professor's sudden illness, we would hesitate to complain. But this looks more like a case of negligence...
...will help no one if the University simply restores last year's miserable ten days; fall reading period should be as long as spring's, which is currently thirteen days. To do this, the administration must cut five days somewhere, and we suggest that the end of summer vacation is the most worthy target. Returning one week earlier is not half as upsetting as missing out on summer jobs or cramming three week's work into one. Perhaps it is too much to ask the Provost to dust off his hatchet once more, but the present schedule makes a mockery...
...lecturer concluded his talk by pointing to five dilapidated chairs lined up on the stage. According to MacKinnon four of these chairs were occupied by Demosthenes. Milton, Beethoven, and Franklin Roosevelt--the fifth could be ours if we would give in and take the $96 course. Then he introduced thirteen recent Dale Carnagie Graduates, fit company for the great men of history. Each grad delivered a two minute speech on what the course had done...