Pg… 23 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Peak Year for Big Jobs: a $33 Billion Investment is Reshaping the Continent Pg… 35 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: A Look at the World’s Week Pg… 43 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Aftermath of an Acid Attack Leads Police to a Gangster Celebrity Pg… 44 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: Stevenson and Kefauver Get a Fast Start on the Campaign Trail Pg… 46 THE WEEK’S EVENTS: An Outsider Makes Trouble for a Tennessee School Pg… 30 EDITORIAL: What to do About Our Schools Pg… 96 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: “The Background of Segregation,” Part II. In the Second of Its New Series LIFE Show how the American Negro, Freed from Slavery, was Kept from Equality by Violence and Law Pg… 143 PICTORIAL ESSAYS: An Eminent Company of Amateur Naturalists Adds to Man’s Store of Knowledge Pg… 120 ARTICLE: Curley’s Hurrah for Curley: Oldtime Boston Boss Tells How “That Book About Me”?”The Last Hurrah”?Failed to do Him Justice. By James Michael Curley Pg… 49 MODERN LIVING: Short Shorts for Girls Become a Permanent Part of the U.S. Scene Pg… 93 MODERN LIVING: A San Diego Hotel Runs Its New Elevator Up the Outside Wall for a View Pg… 59 THEATER: Slobhan McKenna Brings to U.S. Her inspired Portrayal of Shaw’s St. Joan Pg… 161 THEATER: At Stratford on the Housatonic, Shakespeareans Shine in a Mirthful “Measure for Measure” Pg… 67 SPORTS: The Case of the Suspected Spitter Which Milwaukee’s Low Burdette is Accused of Pitching Pg… 75 ART: A Sculptress Turns Her Torch to Repairing Machines Pg… 79 MOVIES: “The Best Things in Life Are Free” Bring Back Jazz Ago Memories Pg… 87 MILITARY AFFAIRS: A General Thins His Ranks of Soldiers Too Fat to Fight Pg… 155 FASHION: Backless Dresses Give a New Low–Down Look at Night Pg… 169 PARTY: A Three–Time Beauty Queen has a Festive Wedding in New Orleans Pg… 16 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: a Litter of Letters for a Lens Pg… 10 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors Pg… 172 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Thumb Up at Sunup