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Frills & Airplanes. Founding father of the Singer empire was Isaac Merrit Singer, a full-bearded, Yankee mechanic. On $40 borrowed capital, he developed the first practical sewing machine in Boston in 1850-and ran into a three-year court fight. Elias Howe, who several years before had brought out a machine which was similar (but which did not work well), sued for patent infringement...
...smaller departments, such as the Department of Music, are finding the recommended cuts difficult to make. It has already made a 50 percent reduction in the number of teaching fellows, and Professor Arthur Merrit, chairman of the department, stated that no more cuts are possible for the next year...
Meanwhile at Tech, Roy Merrit--in his first year as varsity coach--finds himself with a fairly inexperienced team. Top men besides Callahan are Sinclair Buckstaff and Bart Conant. In their first test of the season, the M.I.T. wrestlers lost to Springfield, 18 t 16, in the final match...
...Tech team, hampered by lack of experience and practice space, will carry a one and three record into today's game. Only two men on the squad played high school ball, and Coach Roy Merrit says he's had to "start from Abner Doubleday," teaching fundamentals to the others. In addition, the Engineers have to practice indoors...
...Cherry Merrit, Nina Ratzersdorfer, and Elizabeth Trygstad comprise the '52 DP Committee which ran the drive and are handling affairs pertaining to bringing the displaced student to this country...