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...department whose concentrators form a minor part of undergraduate course enrollment and which, nevertheless, must organize its courses so that they are specifically related to even more complex study, the Mathematics Department is unique, It must satisfy mainly science concentrators for whom certain basis courses are mandatory, in addition to following the accepted University policy of being a fertile research center. The problem here involves reconciling the desire for advanced study by its staff members with the desire for grounding in fundamentals by its students...
...depended on Ruhr traffic. In a single year the Ruhr produced 128,000,000 tons of coal, 16,000,000 tons of steel, 13,000,000 tons of pig iron. War-ravaged Britain Had neither the food nor the money for quick restoration of the Ruhr's industrial complex...
Even in well-known lands there is plenty of work to do in geology, botany, zoology. Commercial explorers will look for minerals with all the complex paraphernalia of geophysical prospecting. The most exciting prize now is uranium. The standard equipment of modern explorers will be a Geiger counter...
Unlike "State of the Union," "Born Yesterday" does not attempt to crackle with timeliness and relevance. The setting is politically topical, but little chance was taken that ideas become so complex as to get in the way, Long and loud, the laughs hinge on modern-day Malapropism and punchy stuff like the often-mouthed "do me a fayvuh, Harry--dwop dead." Judy Holliday's absence from the road company cast is inescapably conspicuous...
Just where the roots of this loyalty lie is hard to ascertain. The attachment is complex, involving personal devotion to classmates and faculty members, abetted by the gratitude demonstrated by beneficiaries of Harvard scholarships, and seasoned with satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) over the job that Harvard is doing and the position it commands in the scholastic community. College anywhere is an experience of youth that is cherished in the memory the majority and buried away by the hypersensitive few. But memories of attendance at Harvard are enriched by the intellectual imprint of such greats as Charles Townsend Copeland, Barrett Wendell, Santayana...