Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...squad the Crimson must face Saturday displayed an unexpectedly fine passing attack and a tremendous defense in holding the heavily favored Middies to a stand-off. A group of 1,900 Midshipmen, in Philadelphia for Penn's Junior Weekend and the Navy's first free period of the fall, staggered off to the post-game fraternity parties in a daze...
...right, but had only the word of the producers that no one else had seen them. But the implications of the quiz scandals last week went far beyond the guilt or innocence of any individual show or contestant, including Charles Van Doren (who reappeared after a long, lost weekend in New England, accepted a subpoena to testify when the Washington hearings resume Nov. 2). Growing recognition of the networks' irresponsibility (notably their willingness to let packagers control much of their entertainment fare) put in question the ethics of the television industry in general. For the first time...
Amid the gently rolling countryside of Beltsville, Md., there is a strange garden that would drive any weekend horticulturist to distraction. Among the odd sights: pine trees that grow only 8 in. tall, chrysanthemums that flower in spring instead of fall, poinsettias that bloom in June's heat instead of Christmastime cold. But these plant anomalies are manmade. For U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists have discovered the mysterious chemical in plants that regulates plant growth, have found that they can stunt trees at their pleasure, make flowers bloom when they choose...
Owen Chamberlain, visiting lecturer in Physics, and his colleague, Emilio Segre, of the University of California, may receive the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics today, Swedish newspapers reported this weekend. Chamberlain, currently teaching Physics 283, High Energy Physics, is on leave as a professor of Physics at the University of California...
Charles H. Taylor, Master of Kirkland House, suggested that actual meal hours be shortened and facilities closed for certain weekend meals. "I would approve a raise in board rates, but not a limitation of hours," countered John J. Conway, Master of Leverett House, who felt that, as centers of House activity rather than cafeterias, the dining halls should have no rushed atmosphere. "They represent education over the dining table," agreed Trottenberg...