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...real 'fifth column' in America is organized and carried on by 'Catholic Action'," the booklet states. "When the time comes, and that seems to be in the near future, it will be found that there are at least ten million 'fifth columnists' in America, and that ninety percent of these are under the absolute control of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy...
...with the results of their entrance examinations. Last week Dr. Jimenez, just in time for the hay fever season, broadcast a consoling item. Allergy, said he, is a symptom of intelligence. On college achievement tests, he found, students suffering from hay fever, asthma and eczema rate five to ten percent higher than their non-allergic fellows...
...Some 44 percent of the 518 wish to give their sons a Harvard education although there was no unanimity on the question of the comparative values of the academic knowledge and the social contacts gained, here. 215 favored the advantages received from studies, although many admitted that they have only the haziest idea of what they studied in four years at college. 63 claimed they got more from social contacts, and 113 decided the advantages were about even. The rest declined to venture an opinion...
...wives, 42 percent went to college. Radcliffe leads the list of institutions of higher education with 22 lucky winners, with Vassar, despite a 200 mile handicap, close behind with 19. Smith finishes third with 18 and Wellesley pulls in a poor fourth with...
...Radcliffs products, surprisingly enough, are rated as good cooks. Simmons and Barnard both rated 100 percent as far as good cooking was concerned...