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Fifteen months after leaving home, Legson appeared at the U.S. Information Service Library in Kampala, Uganda. There he came across a directory of American junior colleges, opened it at random, put his finger on the first words he saw: "Skagit Valley Junior College, Mt. Vernon, Washington." Then and there, he wrote a letter; two weeks later he had a scholarship; nine months later, thanks to the people of Mount Vernon, he had a plane ticket...
...before the matter is closed, I think it is important for the Harvard community to know just why any other alternative was contemplated. Mr. J. Vernon Patrick '52 had invited the Club to sing in order to have the ideal and reality of integration demonstrated through a performance of serious music by a group from Harvard; through an audience, which was composed in part by a number of Negro students from Miles College; and through a reception to follow for performers and audience alike where he hoped a large number of people would participate in the exchange of talk...
...gown caught in his tie and sat out an entire session thus involved, with the tie hanging out like the tongue of a Saint Bernard." The court, of course, had some serious cases, not the least of which involved a woman who complained violently about speeding on Mount Vernon Road. When state troopers finally set up a roadblock, "the lady who made all the fuss was herself picked up for unreasonable speed driving to the post office, and to crown the lily, was picked up 15 minutes later on her return trip. She has since left town...
...junior from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., succeeds Leo Scully as Crimson captain...
...project has been to create and strengthen economic planning commissions which work for the Pakistani government. Its success is evident in Pakistan's agricultural growth, which has far exceeded that of India, where conditions are very similar, Vernon said...