Word: penn
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...King's Men (Columbia), a movie version of Robert Penn Warren's 1947 Pulitzer Prizewinning novel, is a tabloid view of a power-mad politician who has set his heart on bossing the world. The best of recent Hollywood attempts to fuse studio and documentary styles, this slam-bang indictment of grass-roots demagoguery is full of punch and color: melodramatic shots of campaign barbecues, torchlight parades, legislative brawling and backroom political deals...
Then there is the problem of Pennsylvania, Bingham is entitled to his opinion that Penn subsidizes football by scholarships, and I am not sure he is wrong; but it was a poor idea to bring this up now. For one thing, Harvard has not played Penn since 1942, so why bother discussing it at all? For another, Bingham should have realized that even if he was speaking as a private individual his position as head of the HAA implies that this is the official University opinion on Pennsylvania...
...there were repercussions from other Ivy colleges yesterday. President Harold E. Stassen of Pennsylvania, in Boston for two meetings yesterday, denounced any implication that Penn's State Scholarships were awarded for athletic ability. He offered to discuss the matter with President Conant, if necessary, to reach an agreement...
...Yale has not eliminated the Big Three," Tighe said. He added that he hoped it would continue "in fact as well as name, because it is a pleasant tradition." Tighe said he knew nothing about the Penn system of State Scholarships. "If we had to compete against proselyting, we just wouldn't compete...
...which leaves Decameter 18, will be coached by Dartmouth's Tesn McLaughry an Colgate's Andy Kerr. Other members of the team picked yesterday are: Hillary Chollet and pote Dorset (Cornell), Tom Rowe (Dartmouth), Bucky Walters (Brown), Phil Ryan (Navy), Clayton Tonnemaker and Gordon Soltan (Minnesota), and John Schweder (Penn). When complete, the squad will number...