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Freshmen will be elected to the Student Council this week for the first time in history, President Thomas Matters '43 announced last night. A nominating committee headed by Thomas V. Keene, Jr. '45 will meet tonight to choose a slate for the four '46 posts...
Many firms forearm themselves with a clean-slate report from D. & B. before going out to look for war work. One such investigation recently proved to the startled head of a large war plant that his own secretary was a Japanese agent. A similar check for a high Washington war man had him in a cold sweat last week. Said a terse X & B. report on a man he was about to promote: "This man has held several responsible jobs. His habits are good. But ie is of German extraction and his loyalty is questioned. His closest associates refer...
...remaining legislators packed their bags to go home, those who would, return in January looked with hope to the start of a new session. The slate would be clean; there would be an infusion of new blood. With power almost evenly divided, neither Democrats nor Republicans would be able to pass the buck. The 78th Congress might be caught up in even more bitter brawls; it might establish a new pattern of responsibility. The U.S. people hoped for the best...
...Hall is now a relic neither loved nor hated by the students. Its fantastic Gothic architecture, combining a red and blue slate roof with a monstrous green clock tower, no longer appeals to the aesthetic taste of the twentieth century. To the unsuspecting freshman it looms up on his first day as an artistic nightmare. Since the commons was discontinued in 1924, the tremendous nave is used only for registration, examinations, and Commencement. At these times the few remaining busts may be seen unreverently adorned with hats of modern style. Many debate the feasibility of junking the collossal structure. Awaiting...
Other officers selected on an eight man slate were Treasurer; Dan H. Fenn, Jr.; Chorister: Donald Harting; Orator: John E. Corrigan, Jr.; Odist: J. Robert Moskin, and Poet: Thomas N. Bridge...