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...today," he said, Harvard is faced with a serious and difficult problem as a result of present national needs. In preparing its young men primarily for war service of the nation, the College must at the same time make every effort to furnish to young men the fullest possible background of liberal tradition on which the ideas and civilization for which we are at war are based...
...University of Chicago's Hutchins family-especially of Daughter Franja-were plentiful. The artist portrayed her striking self as long-necked, with large black eyes, long black hair simply bobbed, a long and narrow face. Her husband was rendered with a brooding face against a red background...
...Background for Pain. Washington had not been trying to kid the consumer-although unquestionably few officials could resist a little sugar-coating on hard facts. The plain truth was that nobody had foreseen the awful truth...
...Lunceford record is blues with soup-and-fish on--a majestic, almost top-heavy, arrangement smoothly played with the firm rhythmic background characteristic of this band. The result is satisfactory, but the lyrics aren't given the rich, vibrant interpretation they get from Al Morgan these spring evenings down at the Savoy, where Sabby Lewis's boys often play over their heads backing him up. That authentic, low-down atmosphere of the blues loses itself in the dressiness of the performance...
...letters of recommendation written on the business or professional stationery of the person writing the recommendation and at least one of these letters should be written by someone who has known the applicant and his family for some time so that he can attest to the applicant's family background and citizen traits...