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Sulks & Nerves. For more than a year Dr. Walter has been studying the habits of his pets. He is still unable to predict exactly how they will act. Sometimes they wander happily between two gentle lights, apparently enjoying an occasional change of scenery. Sometimes they get panicky when they hit a difficult obstacle. They may stall, sulk or become wildly agitated, almost as if the frustration were giving them a nervous breakdown...
...Wander into Stoughton 4 and you will probably trip over two shiny strips of steel that run across the floor. Francis A. White '53 will look up at you and yell, "Get off the train tracks. The 5:15 is due any second...
...latest "Advocate" has its week points. The remaining three stories are either shallow or not particularly craftsmanlike. And all of the stories show raggedness and a tendency to wander outside their characters, to editorialize on what is going on. The long lead article on evangelist Billy Graham is a repetitive job of reporting; John Rogers' review of "The Cannibal" seems remarkably superficial...
With every passing year, the Student Council seems to wander farther and farther from its original function of advising the Administration on College policy. The most recent step in the wrong direction came when, over vigorous minority opposition, the council supported Massachusetts House Bill No. 646. This bill would reduce transportation fare rates by one half for students of schools, colleges, and universities in the Commonwealth...
Last week graduate students in the electrical engineering department at Britain's Birmingham University were putting finishing touches on a "detwinkler" to make the stars hold still. The detwinkler uses photoelectric cells to keep watch on the star image. When the image starts to wander, they signal a pair of electric motors which move the photographic plate back in line. As far as the plate is concerned, that star doesn't twinkle any more...