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...live in rooms vacated by their male occupants, eat in college dining halls, attend Yale classes, and generally brighten campus perspectives for Yale men. The administration gave its nervous approval and reported with relief that the experiment was surprisingly successful. The planning and organization were smooth, and no untoward incidents were reported, no criticism voiced. It was all so rewarding, in fact, that President Kingman Brewster Jr. accelerated his own plans to bring coeducation to Yale. Last week, while his undergraduates were still savoring the female invasion, Brewster announced that Yale will become coed officially next year...
...complicitous unless we actively withdraw our consent from society, or deny ourselves its protections--of which the 2S deferment is the first to come to mind. Regrettably or not, very few of us have done that; this exposes as a gross version of cowardice (and as untoward naivete) our arrogant projection of dissident heroism onto the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Nor are fishing expeditions into University investments or sources of funds likely to hed much light on the matter...
...least, a stiff fine for her folly. But a remarkable thing happened when she came to trial. Probate Judge Woodrow Barnes led the police chief and Mrs. Godfrey into his chambers at the Tallapoosa Co. courthouse, closed the door, and told them he was dismissing the case to avoid untoward publicity. A reporter had shown...
Rosemary and Guy, hip young sophisticates, scoff at such superstitious notions. And soon, in fact, Guy's acting fortunes are on the rise. But then, one by one, untoward events happen: a ghastly suicide, a sudden blindness, a paralytic coma. Dark signs and otherworldly hints occur: black candles, "tannis root" or Devil's Fungus, missing articles of clothing...
...least, a stiff fine for her folly. But a remarkable thing happened when she came to trial. Probate Judge Woodrow Barnes led the police chief and Mrs. Godfrey into his chambers at the Tallapoosa Co. courthouse, closed the door, and told them he was dismissing the case to avoid untoward publicity. A reporter had shown...