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...from discrimination at the hands of Harvard officials, whether the policy is explicit or not. Alumni in the boondocks--the men who meet the athletes before any Cambridge emissary--say that the word "football" on an application hurts a man more than it helps him. This is tough to pin down, impossible to localize, but it is true. It must be stopped, and explicitly stopped; a definite policy statement is needed on this if on no other part of the Harvard athletic situation...
...most capable wrestler was Dick Mycroon. The same quickness which Smith exhibited enabled Al Sawyer to come out from underneath and pin Myerson 40 seconds before the end of their match...
Everyone looked good, although some men. Dave Smith for instance, came up against comparatively inexperienced opponents. Smith, spotting George Dake almost 20 pounds, took his man by surprise and registered a quick pin...
...Paris flea market, Fleur Fenton Cowles once bought a golden pin shaped like a swallow's wing, which she thought "a symbol of flight, excitement, beauty." Last week, as Fleur's new monthly magazine Flair spread its wings, a reproduction of the pin adorned its bright scarlet cover. To Editor Cowles, it was a moment of high excitement and typographical beauty. But more dispassionate observers considered the maiden flight hardly as breathtaking as all that...
...eight holes. Always a deliberate player, Hogan was taking more time than usual between shots, partly to conserve strength and partly to wear on Sam Snead's notably uncertain nervous system. On the eighth hole with the match even, both men pitched to within twelve feet of the pin to putt for birdies...