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Died. Herbert Spencer Jennings, 79, famed zoologist and geneticist who spent years (at Johns Hopkins, and the University of California at Los Angeles) studying the lives & loves of the hairy, green, one-celled Paramecium bursaria, in search of clues to the mysteries of more complex animals; after long illness; in Santa Monica, Calif...
What makes Magritte unusual among surrealists is his dislike of nightmares. Before World War II he painted his share of horrors (one of which, a pair of boots growing human toes, was included in last week's show) but nowadays, when Magritte closes his eyes in search of "what has never been seen," he hopes to come upon something pleasant. "The German Occupation," Magritte explains, "marked a turning point in my art. Before the war, my paintings expressed anxiety, but the experiences of war have taught me that what matters in art is to express charm...
...though. Astronomy "gets you away from this puny planet and gives you a concept of the vastness of the universe and the seeming endlessness of time," as Professor Monzel explains it. And there is no such thing as an unemployed astronomer. It is a choice which the undergraduate in search of a field of concentration must make after weighing both sides carefully--because on the other side of the fence, one thing is certain; 'you cannot major in Astronomy and still be a practical playboy...
Preliminary returns from the American Veterans Committee's search for potential housing for married students have already listed five apartments and six or seven single rooms, John A. Quisenberry '46, chairman of the AVC's Housing Committee, announced last night...
Everywhere the search crews had to go through a slow and painstaking quest for information. Early offers of rewards backfired badly. Bandits dug up bodies, reburied them until sure of being paid, and sometimes claimed reward money for remains which were not those of U.S. soldiers. Most graves were found through the patient questioning of local natives. One body was traced through the discovery of a short-snorter bill, another after quizzing a woman who wore an identification disk as an ornament, several through coolies who were found wearing shirts of parachute nylon...