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Whether noisy or quiet, at least one thing differentiated the speakers this year. Where they once used to stride along roads (long), sail oceans (uncharted), or climb mountains (lofty), they are now in orbit (dizzying). Said Emmett Dedmon, executive editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, at George Williams College: "May the explosions of your generation cut as clean as those which freed the capsule of Gemini IV from the booster engines." Whatever his fellow editors might think of that particular metaphor, Dedmon stated the dominant theme of the 1965 commmencement speeches: the "explosions" of the younger generation...
...expected to top $7 billion for the first time in history. This commerce takes some fascinating forms. Japan imports millions of dollars worth of coal from North Viet Nam-and is distressed because the trade recently has been impeded by the refusal of some frightened Japanese seamen to sail into Vietnamese waters. Britain buys cashmere from Red China, weaves it into sweaters and socks for sale to the U.S. and other Western countries. Italy is keeping its state-run shipyards busy by building six tankers for Russia. Several countries rely heavily on their sales to the East; Finland sends...
...Cliffies, who finished fourth in the Georgetown intersectionals three weeks ago, will compete in a field of 14 women's college in the first regatta ever to be sponsored by the Cliffe. Michele Disario and Linda Little will sail for Radcliffe and should finish well up on the list. Their stiffist competition will come from MIT and the University of Rhode Island...
Tomorrow, a series of eliminations for the single-handed dinghy championships will be held at several colleges. Tim Prince will race at MIT, while Ed Bering, Don Davis, and Guy Carden will sail at Tufts...
...must go rather toward the soul than through theories toward the brain," he said. "Art and life itself seem to me like a boat upon the waters. To whom is it given, this gift of guiding this boat and how to sail it? I see the life of everyday peoples and things as through a tear. I try to offer them, as I can, a plastic reflection." Mixing his metaphors as brightly as he does his oils, Chagall concluded that "the role of the artist is tragic today because, while the world's horizons have been extended, the human...