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...define their age in a lifetime; Charles Augustus Lindbergh did it in 33½ hours. When The Spirit of St. Louis hopped the Atlantic nonstop from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927, the Age of Flight finally came of age. Nowadays, when any weekday finds hundreds of passengers casually making the trans atlantic crossing, the drama is gone. Lind bergh's great and simple epic was that he was the first to fly the Atlantic alone, the first to fly without stop from the U.S. to Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An American Epic | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...Dormitory Council had recommended extending hours from 12:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and warranting weekday permission...

Author: By William W. Bartley, | Title: Deans Refuse Rules Change In Law Dorms | 3/27/1953 | See Source »

...female intrusions on their solitude. Not only is this on a level with protecting them from the evils of retiring too late at night, but, we've discovered, it does not even have any basis in fact. A sampling we took, an approximate count of the female invasion on weekdays during the deleted hours one and four, is particularly revealing. During the past week or so, the average number of girls infesting Eliot, Lowell, and Kirkland per weekday was four, three, and three respectively. Even when considering fluctuations, such as the trend upwards on Fridays, the figure seldom exceeded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Give and Take: II | 12/10/1952 | See Source »

President Richard E. Johnson thought the new version of the rules, which allow room permissions until 11 p.m. on Saturdays in return for a cut-back on weekday hours "will provide the greatest good for the greatest number of students." John- son said, however that a "vocal minority" didn't like the new arrangement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Discusses Parietal Changes, New Lamont Time | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

...sure that many students will agree that the weekday afternoons are the most sensible and satisfactory tome for the entertainment of women guests. This is the time when beau and belle can study together. Listen to Beethoven play cards sit by the five and relax to no one's detriment. Cutting out permissions from 1 to 4 seems to show vengeful spite on the part of the faculty and a cowardly betrayal on the part of the Student Council...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Debate Parietal Rule Change: Cowardly Betrayal Low Conformity? | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

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