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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This class, numbering 280 students, was the second largest freshman class in the history of the college. Only 11 transfer students, a smaller number than usual, were accepted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Admission Evenly Balanced | 11/25/1953 | See Source »

...proposed transfer from the arboretum is the result of a report issued over a year ago by botanist Irving W. Bailey '07. The report stressed the need for centralizing Harvard's botanical collections. At the time, some people raised the objection that Arnold Arboretum was considered a trust administered by the Corporation, rather than an integral part of Harvard...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Technical Legal Point Stalls Arboretum Suit | 11/19/1953 | See Source »

Leading a small group of followers, Bishop Tomlinson walked into his brother's administration building. After exchanging a fraternal kiss of peace with Overseer Tomlinson. he announced that his brother was deposed from office. His proposal: transfer the Tennessee denomination's headquarters to Queens Village, and close down its million-dollar shrine on North Carolina's Burger Mountain, which, thundered the bishop, had become "a place of idolatry." Overseer Tomlinson quietly but firmly disagreed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Chips on the Mountain | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Another custom is economic as well as social. The workers have two stomachs. One contains food for their personal use; the other holds community food. When two ants meet, they are apt to press their mouths together for a transfer of food. This act is so common that if a few yellow ants are fed on red-dyed honey, the entire colony soon turns red. Eventually, every ant in the community gets fed, although many of them have had nothing to do with foraging for food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Civilized Ants | 11/9/1953 | See Source »

Dole has a trio of shifty running backs teaming with Rowland. At right half, he will start Harley Smith, a sophomore transfer from the University of Alabama, who already leads the team in percentage rushing, with a 5.2 yard average for 14 carries...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Winless Davidson Is 4-Touchdown Underdog | 10/31/1953 | See Source »

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