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Clothes for your wife? All right-but with the same kind of skimping as in men's clothes; no patch pockets, no matching wool cloth hats, bags, three-piece suits; styles will have to conform to a basic "silhouette"; no more rubber for girdles, brassieres or false bosoms...
...lacked many things which the U.S. would have three months, six months, a year from now. One school of thought pondered these lacks, pondered as well the heavy responsibility of committing men, planes, warships to battles in which losses would be great and chances uncertain. It took no basic lack of the offensive spirit for these burdened men to say (as many in high places did say last week): "We must wait...
...matters stand at present, half of the 20 men who make up the University quota for the basic primary course will be selected for further training, while the other ten will enter the Armed Forces in June. Although they probably will receive no credit for the work they have done here, Emmons emphasized that their preliminary course will give them a great advantage in their military training and increase their chances of successfully meeting the stiff requirements of the Air Force...
According to Raymond Dennett '36, graduate secretary of Brooks House and chairman of the Conference Committee, the Council will attempt to discover in what respects students from the Various countries represented agree and disagree on the basic problems of postwar reconstruction...
...Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the Revolution prizes, to the Senior displaying outstanding interest, ability and general excellence in the performance of duty while on the summer cruise, and to the Junior having the highest scholastic standing for the two years of the Basic Course, will be awarded to William Wesselhoeft '42, and Maynard M. Miller '43 respectively...