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Mumford, the father of graduating senior Alison Mumford, used the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson as his theme in addressing the graduating class. "First of all I would recall the familiar doctrine that underlies all Emerson's work, the doctrine of self-reliance," he said...
Chiang, a leading Asian writer-illustrator, spoke on the subject of "The Chinese Painter." Chiang compared the present state of culture to that of the 19th century, when Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay "The American Scholar," called for an independent culture...
Following the Army's plan of integrating the University's courses into ROTC training, the Air Force Reserve unit here will allow its students to take two non-military half courses given by the University for ROTC credit, Colonel Waldo B. Jones, professor of Air Science announced yesterday...
...Waldo B. Jones, professor of Air Science, left yesterday for the Air University in Alabama to consult ROTC officials about changes in the standard Air Science curriculum here. One topic for discussion is adoption of a modified "Harvard Plan," now used by the Army ROTC unit. Air Force refusal to accept such a plan is believed to have been one reason for Administration hesitation in accepting the unit...
...grew older, his mind seemed to become livelier (he came to be known as "Old Man Eloquent"), and no combination of the ailments that plagued him could keep him from his job. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "He is like one of those old cardinals, who, as quick as he is chosen Pope, throws away his crutches and his crookedness, and is as straight as a boy. He is an old roue who cannot live on slops, but must have sulphuric acid in his tea." Sulphuric he remained to the very end. In February 1848 a resolution was proposed...