Word: merriman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shifting, four-man panel come from the top drawer of the U.S. press, and many a bigwig has winced under the volley of questions from such reporters as the New York Times's "Scotty" Reston, Raymond Brandt of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, U.P.'s Merriman Smith, and Columnists Marquis Childs and Drew Pearson...
Other masters, notably French of Johnathan Edwards and Daniel Merriman of Davenport, like to make College administration a one man job. Both claimed that their small size--fewer than 250 men as against Silliman's 440--was the big influence on their approach. Some masters run their Colleges largely through force of personality, such as Calhoun's Schroeder, who has memorized the name, home town, grades, and major problem of every student in his College. With this equipment, he has managed to draw a particularly strong loyalty toward himself from the Calhoun...
...this 1950 team, since graduation cleaned him out of 35 lettermen. This loss represents the entire guard corps, all but one of eight ends, and 11 out of 12 halfbacks. Gone are such men as Jackson, Nadherny, Frank, and Jablonski, and in their places are Senay, Spears, Rowe, and Merriman...
...Rowe, a sophomore converted from tackle, is the left guard on offense, teaming with Art Merriman. On defense, a sophomore combination of Peter Radulovic and Joe Mitinger takes over. Harold Woodsum, offense left end, is one of the most promising sophomores on the squad, as is center Baird Brittingham. Harry Gropp, a converted tackle, spells Woodsum on defense while the other end, Captain Brad Quackenbush, plays offense and defense and is very capable at both...
...copy in Honolulu and telephoned the message to its San Francisco office." Says I.N.S.'s Nixon: "A.P. and I.N.S. had men in Honolulu, and could have behaved as the U.P. did -except for the ethics of it." Says Carleton Kent, president of the White House Correspondents' Association: "Merriman Smith's . . . filing the communique twice, thus holding up the stories of the special correspondents' pool . . . was a dirty little trick...