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Thirty-nine directors of the Alumni Association, including for the first time representatives of the alumni associations of the various graduate schools, will convene in Wadsworth House tomorrow morning for one of their thrice-yearly meetings...
...generations, the Wadsworths of New York's green Genesee Valley have lived in an ancient brick mansion near the town of Geneseo and farmed the broad acres around it. Ever since the American Revolution, they have also helped to fight the nation's wars and make the nation's laws. One James S. Wadsworth left the Genesee Valley in 1861 to serve as a Union general. His son, and namesake, served in Congress for 20 years. His grandson, the third James Wadsworth, did just what his ancestors would have expected...
After that-with the air of a man who has paid his debts to the Republic-73-year-old James Wadsworth went on home to raise cattle, read history and enjoy the sharp autumn...
Early this year, Monogram studios decided to film the life and exploits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Hiawatha, who, according to legend, went among the warring Indian tribes and persuaded them to smoke the pipe of peace and brotherhood. Last week Monogram announced that the project had been shelved. Reason: Hiawatha hewed too close, for current U.S. taste, to the Communist "peace" line...
Until last year the fund's Wadsworth House offices used to also send out appeals to the non-College alumni, but this function is now being completely decentralized. The Business School already has its own set-up, and so will many departments of the University as soon as the Law School and others end their special capital drives...