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...Anderson Bridge be expected to carry its daily load in the same honest way that it did in olden times? Can it stand firm in the knowledge that a new, younger structure is trying to take its place? How ironical its dedication now seems: "May this bridge . . . be . . . a lasting suggestion that (students) should devote their manhood, developed by study and play on the banks of this river, to the nation and its needs." Would Anderson consider the present fate of his Bridge a just reward for service "to the nation and its needs...
...Ebony, a U.S. Negro picture magazine, finds that Negro entertainers are winning better roles in TV than in any other entertainment medium. "At one time in recent months as many as ten all-Negro shows were being telecast in the U.S., including one in the South." Ebony quoted Georg Olden, who heads the Graphic Art staff for CBS-TV: "There are and will be lots of openings in all departments. The only question is [will Negroes] be prepared to take advantage of them...
...fact that the peculiar merits and universalities of the Latin and Greek languages are basic to the study of English. Certainly, the classics are excellent training for the serious student of English in vocabulary, Latin and Greek certainly were NOT the only non-scientific fields in the "olden-days", that time "wasted" on languages is simply a way of trying to be "fashionable." The English Dept. recommends and counts for concentration certain related courses in History, Philosophy, Fino Arts, and Social Relations. How much more leeway does one want? Notably lacking in the editorial was any acknowledgement of the very...
...earn his $2,520 a year, Chaplain Harris must turn up at each meeting of the Senate; custom dictates a different prayer each day. In olden days the Senate asked less of its chaplain: only legislative days were opened with prayer. But in 1939 the Senators decided that they should make a plea for divine guidance every time they met. Dr. Harris does not let his duties on Capitol Hill interfere with his regular work at Foundry Methodist Church, where next fall he will celebrate his 25th anniversary as pastor...
...Princeton, Mrs. Oppenheimer has had a greenhouse installed at the Institute's 18-room Olden Manor. But she has abandoned her own studies to run the house, and look after the children (a boy, Peter, 7, and a girl, "Toni," going-on-4). Oppie, who has a theory about everything, has formulated one for raising children: "Just pour in the love and it will come...