Word: proctore
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...majority, Justices E. Barrett Prettyman and James M. Proctor, conceded that Miss Bailey had been caught up in "harsh rules which run counter to every known precept of fairness to the private individual." But they decided that possible injury to her was not the central issue: "We do not think that the individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution necessarily mean that a Government dedicated to those rights cannot preserve itself in the world as it is." Anyway, the Constitution was not involved, since no one has a constitutional right to a Government job. "If [the President] thinks that under present...
...Council is wary of replacing proctor enforcement by an honor system, of suggested by Dean Rogers, because of the unsavory obligation of tattling. The Council does favor extending the houring that women may be entertained in the dormitories without special permission is 12 p.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. on Saturdays...
While most big manufacturers wondered what to do, Proctor Electric Co., whose toaster had been cut from $22.50 to $17.47, announced a full-scale legal assault to plug discount-house breaches. Then it modified its stand, possibly because discount houses sell a great deal of merchandise. It contented itself with sending letters to its major New York retailers, department stores included, requesting a signed pledge to sell only at listed prices...
...time limit for entertaining girls in the rooms has been extended from 10 p.m. until 12 midnight with a 1 a.m. curfew on Saturdays and holiday eves. New rules allow men merely to sign on dormitory lists when they have women guests; is the past written permission from a proctor was ceded...
...furniture for the new graduate dormitories is no more functional than the old, according to Winton U. Solberg, proctor of Conant Hall, who has been testing the chairs and desks in his own suite...