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Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 staged impromptu press conferences later that week defending the Leverett House masters' decision but acknowledging that the College had to seek solutions as well as defenses. "Just putting up the grates is not an adequate answer to the issue," Jewett told reporters. "I think we ought to be trying to help [the homeless] find better alternatives...
...FIRST YEAR in office for Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 has been a momentous one, not only for the man who has graciously dealt with an unending stream of problems, but also for students who have suddenly had a taste of what it might be like to have significant input in College decisions. There's a sweet taste to the concept that students could have a real voice in the policies that affect their lives. But dear as the dream might be, the year has also proven that the goal of student control has not been...
...those people who thinks raising money is tacky," says Fred L. Glimp '50, vice president for alumni affairs. "Alumni feel better about it once they do it, and it's something an institution...
...hours a day, greasy spoons with super-duper production values and plenty of room. Meanwhile, out in the suburbs and on numberless freeways, the hamburger stand became pandemic. Hess calls Ships, a Googie imitator built in 1958 and demolished in 1984, "the major monument of Coffee Shop Modern," where "Fred Flintstone and George Jetson could meet over a cup of coffee." The descendants include Big Boy, Denny's and Sambo's. From 1950 to 1960, years of heedless American growth, cars multiplied and the great fast-food empires were born: McDonald's, Tastee Freez, Jack-in-the-Box, Burger King...
...carried water and ice for the hot, dehydrated troops. Evacuation helicopters and traveling medical centers stood at the ready. Hundreds of portable johns lined the byroads of the nation. "It's like planning the invasion of Normandy and Hannibal's crossing of the Alps on the same day," said Fred Droz, national director of Hands Across America, last Sunday's transcontinental charity event to raise money for America's hungry and homeless. "But at least Hannibal had elephants...