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...having his picture in TIME. In June, 1947 your Medicine department published one of our Foster Parents' photographs of a little Belgian girl, Maria Michiels, who had lost an eye and suffered severe injuries when a V-2 hit her home in Antwerp. A veteran of the 13th Port, an American Army unit which operated Antwerp's port after the invasion, saw the picture in TIME and thought that he recognized the girl. He made some inquiries and established the fact that she was indeed the child saved from her burning home by a sergeant in his outfit...
...present Maria has 300 foster fathers in the U.S.-all members of the 13th Port Veterans' Association. They contribute the customary $180 yearly toward her support, and are helping to pay the cost of a long-and as yet unfinished-series of expensive plastic operations on her face. Maria writes to them regularly...
...early 13th Century, Peter Nolasque astonished his parents by coming home half-naked after giving away his clothes to the poor. Later, his compassion was stirred by the plight of his era's D.P.s-the thousands of religious prisoners languishing in dungeons and torture chambers. He founded the Mercedarians-the Order of Our Lady of Mercy-dedicated to the liberation of imprisoned Christians. Before his death in 1256, Nolasque had begged enough money to ransom 2,718 prisoners from the Moors. In 1317 his order vowed that whenever no ransom could be raised, two Mercedarians-one priest, one layman-must...
From your editorial April 13th on the Debate Council, you stand convicted with the University of the same sin. You justify your plea for Debate Council support by stating that a winning debate team is a "worthwhile investment," whereas a losing team detracts from Harvard prestige. You also imply tacit acceptance of the theory that competing organizations in general should be able to pay their own way by gate receipts...
After Novelist Carson McCullers turned her The Member of the Wedding into a play (TIME, Jan. 16), the script languished in producers' offices for three years. One producer suggested to the 33-year-old Georgian that she tear it up and try something else. Last week, its 13th on Broadway, Mrs. McCullers' drama about a sensitive twelve-year-old girl's entry into adolescence won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award as the best of the season. The award was a scro' l which box-office men figured was worth an extra advance sale...