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...Harvard Alumni Association numbers on its rolls all men who have studied in some department of the University; of its 78,000 members, 51,347 are "active" (that is, hold a degree and are eligible to vote for Overseers). None pay any dues. Capital of the Harvard graduate empire is in the chunky yellow building in the southwest corner of the Yard, where Henry C. Clark '11 reigns as secretary of the Association...
Selected members will have no privileges not possessed by other Faculty members, who may also attend meetings, participate in discussions, and vote...
Signs of the times take many forms. Last week thousands of normal U. S. adults-the kind who vote against war in Gallup Polls-played a new nickel-in-the-slot game. It had several names (Keeney, Sky Fighter, Sky Pilot), but the fun of all was to aim an imitation machine gun, pull a trigger, try to shoot down a darting, fugitive image of an airplane. "No wonder players insert coin after coin-" exulted International Mutoscope Reel Co., Inc., in a broadside extolling its Sky Fighter. "It's that 'trigger-finger' itch that everyone...
...FORTUNE'S Survey reported that 58.9% of people polled answered Yes to the question whether the Government should regulate labor unions; 20.8 answered No; 20.3 admitted they did not know. The Yes vote: among executives, 62.3%; among factory workers...
Denying that the Harvard Student Union would sponsor the "Yanks are Not Coming" Committee's nation-wide Peace Ballot, as erroneously stated in the CRIMSON yesterday morning, HSU President Alan Gottlieb '41 said last night that the HSU Executive Committee recently decided against handling the vote...