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...father's legend, but his Catholic mother, Ellen Ewing Sherman, probably had the greater influence. Tom went to Yale, studied law at St. Louis' Washington University, then abruptly informed his father that he was about to enter the Jesuit novitiate. "He was the keystone of my Arch," General Sherman mourned bitterly, "and his going away lets down the whole structure with a crash." Tom explained to the family: "People in love do strange things. Having a vocation is like being in love only more so, as there is no love so absorbing, so deep and so lasting...
...Crimson might have given Yale a battle if hurdler Joel Landau had not been forced to drop out of his first trial heat with a painful fallen arch. Even with his season-long form trouble, a healthy Landau could have equaled the 14.9 and 24.4 performances turned in by double-winner Angelo Sinisi of Brown...
...apple-cheeked Eddie Fisher, also entranced, agreed with the customers. Nostrils flaring, he made it plain that all his songs were for Liz-Tonight Won't Be Just Any Night, It Happens Every Spring. Then Eddie flashed an arch smile for the rest of his fans. "I opened here two years ago," he said. "Since then, nothing much has happened." Having thus wrapped up his marriage to Debbie Reynolds and seven months of sharing headlines with Liz, Eddie ran through the rest of his repertory and retired to his dressing room. Elizabeth followed, trailing Mamma, Papa, secretaries, agents, flacks...
There are also courses devoted primarily to technical problems, such as Arch. Sci. 253--Reinforced Concrete Design. As a further step the three departments require the students to spend one summer at practical professional experience. Recognizing that one cannot learn flashing and sheathing from a draughting board the Department of Architecture recommends a job in the field. So one recent student found employment as a hod carrier...
Newton emphasizes that the Faculty does not look upon the Arch. Sci. program as only a preparation for the GSD. Like all the departments of the College it is non-professional. (However, it is possible for qualified seniors to combine the last year of college studies and the first year in GSD. Last year only nine of 16 persons qualified took the option.) Instead Newton believes that Arch. Sci. "is as legitimate a field for general education as any other." It serves as an introduction to a profession whose basis is no less than "fulfillment of the social requirements...