UW hosts centennial symposium on general education
A three day Madison event from August 1 to 3 gathers top scholars from Harvard Rutgers Yale Stanford Princeton Chicago and more to discuss the role of general education in U S higher education. James B Conant of Harvard will deliver the keynote address with sessions on humanities social studies and natural sciences and discussions on teaching methods.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Department of Integrated Liberal Studies
Madion
United States
James B. Conant
Harvard
Ralph W. McDonald
Department of Higher Education
National Education Association
NEA
Broadus Mitchell
Rutgers
Ralph M. Linton
Yale
Joseph J. Schwab
University of Chicago
Onrad B. Keuskopf
Stanford
Eric M. Rogers
Princeton
Albury Castell
University of Minnesota
Russell Thomas
Norman J. DeWitt
Washington University
St. Louis
Reginald F. Arragon
Reed College
Camel Longs After Five Day Thirst Break
A camel does not experience thirst for five days after drinking, an unusual relief period noted in recent camel behavior observations. Researchers observed the animal returning to normal hydration patterns following a single drinking event, suggesting adaptive thirst mechanisms in dromedaries.
Three State Executives Emerge From Parley With Flags High
Three governors left the Colorado Springs conference with 1952 ambitions in sight. Dewey's future remains unsettled while Warren Stevenson and Lausche map paths to higher office, with Warren hinting at California terms and Stevenson aiming to trim costs and build a record.
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Washington
Colorado Springs
Conn
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Rockies
Adelai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Robert A. Wagner
Stevenson
Truman
Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Woman Doctor Becomes Associate Chief of U S Children’s Bureau
Washington reports Dr. Leona Baumgartner of New York named associate chief of the U S children's bureau. She will supervise grants totaling 18.5 million dollars to expand maternal and child health services and services for crippled children. She previously led in New York City health matters and is married with two grown children.
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Washington
Leona Baumgartner
New York
U. S. Children’s Bureau
Baumgartner
Children’s Bureau
New York City Health Department
Martha Eliot
World Health Organization
Nathaniel M. Elias
Barbara
Peter
Chicago
Colby, Kas
University of Arkansas
Kansas City Junior College
University of Montana
Munich
Yale
New York Health Department
New York Hospital
Washington Square
Seaman's Plunge Termed Accident
A Chicago coroner's jury ruled the death of Howard Gunderson 38 a accident after he fell from a third floor porch at his former wife Florence Quinby's home. Gunderson, an Oconto Wisconsin merchant seaman, had visited his three children.
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Chicago
Oconto
Wis
Howard Gunderson
Florence Quinby
Belgium Recovery Struggles as Unemployment Tops 10 Percent
Although Belgium's production sits at 125 percent of prewar levels, unemployment remains above 10 percent and observers warn the business outlook is uncertain.
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Belgium
Youth Admits Shooting Farmer In Arson Case
A 19 year old youth admitted firing on a 70 year old farmer who surprised him after he set fire to a barn in Orfordville Wisconsin. Sheriff Miles Sweeney said the youth will be charged with arson aiming and discharging a firearm and inflicting injury and arraigned in Janesville municipal court.
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Orfordville
Wis
Miles Sweeney
Janesville
Vatican reports bishops suppressed in Communist Romania
Vatican sources say all Catholic bishops in Romania have been silenced with arrest of the last two free bishops. Msgr. Aaron Marton of Alba Julia and Msgr. Antonio Durcovici of Iasi are named as imprisoned with charges not explained.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Romania
Msgr
Aaron Marton
Alba Julia
Antonio Durcovici
Iasi
Jassi
Marton
Romanian church officials removed from payroll amid excommunication threat
Arrests were reported on June 21 and June 26 as church leaders in Romania were removed from official pay rolls for threatening excommunication and stigmatizing peasants against the government. The Vatican also noted tension with Communist authorities in Czechoslovakia where Arch bishop Josef Beran is under guard. A Vatican source said two Uniate Romanian bishops were tortured to break loyalty to Pope Pius XII.
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Magr. Durcovici
Romania
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Pius XII
Ion Luciu
Uniate
Basil Aftenie
Auth
Romania Uniate Bishops Confined in Monasteries
Romanian authorities deny torture claims but say six Uniate bishops are confined to monastery quarters across the country. The Uniate church, a Romanian branch of the Roman Catholic faith, has about 1.5 million followers, while the Latine church is also present. The officially recognized Orthodox church counts over 12 million adherents.
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Bucharest
Romania
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