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...strolled through the double doors of University 4. Yes, he was set now. Contracts signed, room fixed, and a little black book of telephone numbers to forestall those lonely walks toward the Radcliffe quad. A pounding of footsteps interrupted his thoughts, and he stepped aside just in time to avoid the oncoming rush of Yardlings trying to beat the Mem Hall clock on their way to the meeting at New Lecture Hall. "Ha!" said Vag, and walked on down the path. "The little fat one on the end will never make it. Wait till we get him down on Soldiers...
...nearby Klearflax Linen Looms, Inc. (which not only makes linen rugs but, for three years, has enriched itself with a new process for treating coarse flax fiber for cigaret paper). What's more, he believes the closed shop is the best way for an employer to avoid "a fighting, quarreling type of labor leadership...
...receiving fresh blood, it will glow yellow green. Then it is safe to tuck the gut back in place, or stimulate circulation in the leg. But if the blood supply is choked, the limb or hernia remains dark, must be amputated at once. This test, the doctors said, should avoid unnecessary surgery, thus reduce the 50% mortality rate for strangulated hernia resections...
...comprising the largest Freshman class in history, signed their way into Harvard on September 20, and then assembled in the Union to hear District Attorney Robert F. Bradford '23, Willard L. Sperry, dean of the Divinity School, and Richard M. Gummere '01, chairman of the Board of Admissions, carefully avoid any mention of the war, and deal instead with the opportunities offered by Harvard...
...would be trite to say that a course of study must be planned in the light of the war. No college has been able to avoid the war's impact. But it is not yet trite to point out that planning such a course of study does not mean choosing only courses in math and physics, with perhaps a little military Japanese thrown in. Liberal education has the special virtue of flexibility and breadth sufficient to cope with abnormal situations. It changes gradually, as the main lines of thought shift from age to age, but it is adaptable...