Word: goals
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Former Democratic Vice President John Nance Garner, who once hoped aloud that he would live to be 92 (so that he could claim as many years as a private citizen as in public life), turned 91. But that was too close to 92, so he has now raised his goal to an even century mark. To the usual wearisome questions about his longevity, "Cactus Jack" Garner gave an unlikely answer: it seemed to have something to do with his daily custom of eating grapefruit. But some citizens of his home town, Uvalde, Texas, suspect that Garner did not really give...
...annual Combined Charities Drive, President Pusey has released a letter to the student body urging support in achieving this year's record goal of $15,000. Pusey describes the campaign as "the Harvard community's chance to show that it is concerned for human welfare ... that it lives in the world and in a busy and important urban community--not in an ivory tower...
Success in meeting the goal, which is $3,000 higher than last year's, will depend on the effectiveness of entry solicitors in contacting students and on the awareness of the student body that ten dollars is the gift expected and requested, Howard J. Phillips '62, co-chairman of the campaign, emphasized last night...
Richard Crystal '62, the other chairman, stressed that ten dollars is a reasonable annual contribution to charity. "Inflation makes the increased giving doubly necessary," Crystal said. He further compared the $15,000 goal at Harvard with the $40,000 contributed annually at Yale and the $28,000 at Princeton. The reason for their success, he stated, is general acceptance of the ten dollar gift...
...Crimson eleven allowed Princeton only a field goal, as it came up with its fourth consecutive win, 14 to 3, as Williams romped 45 yards for the second TD. Then things began to get rougher, as Penn tied the Crimson 12 to 12 in the rain. And three weeks later Yale marred the J.V.'s undefeated season by delivering a 12-0 defeat...