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ffl ■ M ! r k. J j J -« i i . r | B Arnold Toynbee All history is contemporary. A. Whitney Griswoi.d IS ' ot merely the more specialized man. but the better man. Hi ■■ ' ■■ ■ ■; v - — - v v» H Ik • j H Dean Acheson Vox populi: an obsta- cle to diplomacy. THE sound of the human voice made news at Yale as it did around the world. Hardly a day passed when a figure of note was not speaking to audi- ences in Woolsey, or Harkness, or Strathcona. Fre- quently the audiences were pitiably and disturbingly small; perhaps, as Gordon Haight reflected, the Yale man was too busy to get an education. For those who came to listen, there was food for thought, if not always completely digestible food. His- torians, writers, scientists, artists, educators, religious and political figures gave the Yale man a range of ideas and approaches far broader, and occasionally far deeper, than the normal schedule of courses could pro- vide in a year. There was at least an element of truth in the well-worn comment, You can get an education at Yale without attending a class. Robert Frost Writing free verse is like playing tennis without a net. Ralph Vauchan Williams Before tie can truly listen, uv must first be able to create.

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WALL STREET was the top news of February from the business world, climbing to record heights after the elections returned a Democratic congress. Stocks moved so high, however, that Congress decided it was time to investigate. The volatile market plunged sharply because of investigations, but immediately rose to set an all-time rec- ord for a single day ' s climb. Before this reprieve came, however, some investors were unmistakably frightened, fearing another de- pression. Much was said in praise of the new broad-base market, with great numbers of buyers and sellers; but many investors, view- ing the alarming paper rise of stocks, won- dered if this entrance of the little man into the market was as desirable as it seemed. Uranium strikes were occurring all over the country, even in New Jersey (of all places). Business was brought closer to Yale with the Yale Daily News ' publication of Wall Street 1955. At Cooperstown, baseball ' s Hall of Fame opened its doors to Joe DiMaggio, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance, and Gabby Hartnett. In Africa, Albert Schweitzer quietly turned eighty. For his mid-November test in Contempo- rary Problems in International Relations, Professor R. Barry Farrell asked a series of identification questions. Two of them, com- plained his students, were particularly pica- yune. The names: Bulganin and Kruschev. On February 8, all Yale and all the world knew the names. On that day the Russian government announced that Georgi Malen- kov had voluntarily stepped down to give way to Nikolai Bulganin. Zhukov took over Bulganin ' s job as Defense Minister, but most experts predicted that the real power rested with Kruschev. That same day Molotov bragged that Russia was far ahead in the H-Bomb race. Bulganin, Malenkov, and Khrushchev: For Russia ' s Big Three, a rapid turnover. 17

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Franklin Baumer The bitch goddess, Success. Bishop Henry Sherrill seek the truth and teach it without fear. Lee A. DuBridce Secrecy in basic science is a dangerous and subversive influence. Chester Bowles The Russians are beginning to smile at people. Archibald MacLeish Your generation thinks of the twenties as a romantic era. I never found them so. Norman Thomas Government today depends upon the whims of the pro- ducers. Arthur Schlesincer, Jr. The middle of the road: a policy of vacillation. Walter Robertson Asia is living on borrowed time.