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...time, and it is likely that there will be revisions if large numbers of men are called into service in the middle of terms. Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28 said last night that so far no men at all have fallen into this category. Selective Service and the reserves, he said, are now calling students only at the end of the academic year (or term, in the cases of certain reserv branches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Votes Part Credit to Inducted Men | 11/8/1950 | See Source »

...with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging, that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: BORN TO WRITE | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

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