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Under the new Harvard-M.I.T. program, the future science teacher will enroll in regular M.I.T. college courses for his first two years. At the beginning of the junior year, he will start out with a small course load in the School of Education, which increases in his senior year. During these last two college years, the student will also continue to take science courses at M.I.T...
...George, that most agreeable Democrat, has now stated flatly that the President's leadership is simply not what it used to be. At a time when the President should be spending more time than ever studying day-to-day developments in foreign affairs, Eisenhower is, necessarily, taking on lighter load of work. A year of faltering foreign policy is regrettable; five years of it would be disastrous...
...question about how he was standing up to the presidential work load, he answered: "At times un questionably I ... feel more tired than I think I would have in the past, but that may be also just advancing years. The doctors certainly say that my physical reactions, the clinical record, is splendid today." It was toward the end of his conference that Ike seemed to contribute the most fascinating (and baffling) clue of the day. Said he: "I have my own ideas of what is a proper sphere of activity for the President of the United States. One of them...
...lifetime devotion of Old Soldier Eisenhower to a duty higher than personal influences, the correct direction of duty when a President knows his physical condition can be a hazard to the orderly processes of Government, the possibility that Ike might well be able to carry the load of the presidency if it were trimmed of nonessentials. In all of these areas the President himself has provided the hottest clues for both sides...
Behind the scenes, the music was less harmonious than on screen. RCA Victor, co-sponsor of the show, thought it would be a good idea to load the program with RCA recording stars. As it worked out, RCA succeeded in adding two of its performing artists to Hurok's original list of ten. Hurok managed to keep Violinist Stern, who records for Columbia, and Soprano Tebaldi, who records for London, in the show. Hurok and RCA then faced an onslaught by the Metropolitan Opera's General Manager Rudolf Bing, who refused to allow Tebaldi...