Fame Like a River That Uplifts Light and Drowns Weight
A compact quotation attributed to Sir Francis Bacon frames fame as a volatile force that elevates the light while sinking the heavy, weighing the paradoxes of reputation and influence.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1966
Page
3
A compact quotation attributed to Sir Francis Bacon frames fame as a volatile force that elevates the light while sinking the heavy, weighing the paradoxes of reputation and influence.
A journalism professor outlines ten reader commandments to get the most from newspapers. Read fully and daily, avoid headline hunger, explore inside pages, seek diverse topics, verify facts, weigh opinions, and use ads to plan shopping. End with enjoying the lighter side of life through the paper.
Commentary on do-gooders and the term’s stigma. It cites 16-year-old Mary Wilson of Encino who worked in a Bangkok orphanage and previously vanished from home. The piece argues do-gooders can be dangerous when uncontrolled yet praises Mary’s altruism and calls for educated civic action.
The federal budget director will brief President Lyndon Johnson with proposals to improve federal retirement for civilian, career, and military personnel. Budget Director Kermit Gordon leads a cabinet-wide survey started last February to assess objectives, coverages, benefits, fiscal soundness, and consistency, with possible changes to be pushed in the next Congress.
In a Tel Aviv interview Drew Pearson profiles David Ben-Gurion at 79 as vigorous as ever. Ben-Gurion envisions quadrupling Israel’s population in ten years and building a desert university to unify culture and education while warning against Levantine commercialism amid regional tensions.
The article offers ten guidelines for donors considering gifts to colleges or universities. It emphasizes understanding a school's aims, selecting specific programs, evaluating long range plans, seeking evidence of quality, assessing management and leadership, reviewing board engagement, and analyzing support from alumni and community. It also outlines investment forms and the importance of informed, purposeful giving to higher education.
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