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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This quality dour Alphonso Taft brought down from the dour uplands of Vermont in the 1830s. Grandfather Taft, Yale '33, looking for a quiet, middle-class town in which to practice law (his goal: yearly income of $3,000 to $5,000), was much taken with Cincinnati. There he lived abstemiously, labored industriously, austerely chose himself a Vermont bride. Fanny Phelps died after bearing him five children (three died in childhood) ; and after due consideration, Grandfather Taft chose happy, loving Louise Torrey, who bore him four sons and a daughter. Second of these sons was William Howard Taft, Yale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Up from Plenty | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

Irritated Neutrals. In spite of his dental lisp, Winnie Churchill did a first-class job of oratory. But it sounded ominous to neutrals. It suggested a growth of that school of thought in Great Britain which believes that the way to lick Germany is to fight her elsewhere than in France-in the East, in the North, wherever a battle front may offer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Invitation to War | 1/29/1940 | See Source »

...survey, which is being conducted by the Freshman Committee of Phillips Brooks House, has so far consisted of interviews with past officers of the Freshmen class and of functions such as the Smoker and Jubilee Committees, the Union Committee, and the Red Book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P. B. H. '43 GROUP HOLDS YARD MANAGEMENT BAD | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

...question of holding class elections this year is still undetermined, Calkins reported, as the Council has not yet decided whether the veto of '42 is valid for succeeding Freshman classes. Re pointed out, however, that one of the aims of the committee is to find out "what useful purpose" such elections serve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P. B. H. '43 GROUP HOLDS YARD MANAGEMENT BAD | 1/26/1940 | See Source »

Monday, January 22 (II) 9:15 A.M. Anthropology 80 Sever 17 Biology 1 Pierce 110 Biology 118 Sever 23 Chemistry 2 Mallinckrodt MB 9 Class. Philology 50 Sever 29 Economics 121a Emerson D Engineering Science 12 Pierce 202 English 120a Sever 36 Fine Arts 9e Fogg Small Rm. French 21 Sever 29 Geography 4a Sever 18 Geography 10a Sever 24 Geology 2a Geol. Mus. 23B German E (see footnote*) Prof. Lieder, Sec. 1 Harvard 6 Dr. Howe, Sec. 2 Harvard 6 German 10 Sever 23 Government 19 Sever 18 Government 121a Sever 5 History 1 Mr. Berkowitz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exams Today and Tomorrow | 1/22/1940 | See Source »

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