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...said that he was "thankful to capitalism" because it produced a new order of creative leisure, but that it is capitalism's duty to effect sociological reform. "Any church preserving the status quo is contrary to the spirit of the New Testament," added Ferre...
...that of 1942 would produce the same results again--reduced enrollment and athletic financial curtailment. But Carroll F. Getchell, H.A.A. business manager, said that no curtailment for this spring or next fall has yet been requested. He added that the Athletic Association is still operating on a peacetime status quo...
Part of this fault lies with the faculty and administration, both of whom have made peace with the crushing mediocrity of Businessmen intellect and attitudes. Stolidly cushioned in the status quo, the College must fight for its life to raise funds and academic standards at the same time, to prepare a man for life and General Electric, to promulgate ideas and Alumni Bulletins. Working at cross-proposes with itself, the College has been losing the battle of the books since the war ended. Both faculty and administration, shoulder-to-shoulder, arm-in-arm, have been "walking reluctantly backward into...
...moved in on the low-priced car market in Western Europe. Her Moskvich was a big hit at the Brussels auto show. A four-cylinder four-seater, its radiator cap flaunting a red star, the Moskvich sold fast at $978, much the cheapest car at the show. For this quo, plus some gram and minerals, Russia's quid, under a trade treaty with Belgium, included sheet steel, copper, electrical equipment, and $150,000 worth of herring...
...whether Jordan would want to do both jobs, an almost impossible task unless war cut down sharply on local athletics. Men who played under Jordan at Amherst have also disclosed that the coach was constantly trying to raise athletic standards at that school against the colleges "status quo" policy...