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Adelbert Ames 3rd '43 (Captain), Lindley J. Burton '42, Finn C. Ferner '43, Franklin King, Jr. '42, Roger B. Wilson '43, Thomas Winship '42, William C. Wigglesworth '41 (Manager...
Runaways. Huckleberry Finn was one of the classic child runaways of literature, but he was not typical; in fact, he was a wholly fantastic creation. But he was no subject for a psychiatrist. Cheerful, resourceful and self-reliant beyond his years, he ran away to escape his drunken father, from whom he wanted nothing. Ortho-psychiatrists say that real runaways make off because they want something they don't get-attention, reassurance, or peace between parents-or as a heroic adventure to compensate for feeling inferior...
...Incredible!" gasped U. S. track fans when Finn Paavo Nurmi ran two miles in 8 min., 58.2 sec. That was 16 years ago. Last week, in Madison Square Garden, barrel-chested, short-legged Gregory Rice, 25-year-old ex-Notre Damer, made mighty Nurmi's record look poky. Fitter-pattering around to the tune of Notre Dame's Victory March, Runner Rice whittled the two-mile world's record down to 8:53.4-nearly three seconds faster than the accepted world's record, indoors or out. "Incredible!" gasped U. S. track fans...
Competing in what was probably one of the closest meets in the history of skiing, a surprising Crimson ski team, led by Captain Del Ames, Finn Ferner and Bungie King, came in fourth out of a field of ten in the eight annual intercollegiate ski union championships hold over the weekend on Mt. Mansfield, Vermont...
...Cantabs were in third place after the langlauf, slalom, and downhill events had been run, 15.947 points behind Dartmouth, only 6.033 points behind New Hampshire and well ahead of the remaining competitors. Greatly instrumental in this good showing were Finn Ferner and Bungle King, who finished fourth and fifth respectively in the downhill, and Captain Del Ames, who finished third in the slalom...