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The students are chosen by their scholastic records in school and through personal interviews with members of district Harvard Clubs and Deans of the College. Last year the number of states from which students were chosen was increased to seventeen with the addition of Kansas and Nebraska.
No Snob. At Eton, Edward Wood made a scholastic record his father was proud of. At Christ Church, Oxford, he was equally studious in modern history. Unlike many a future British statesman, he took no interest in politics at Oxford. But in his schooling he acquired neither the snobbish "Eton...
Less liberal than Cardinal Mundelein, Archbishop Stritch is an energetic, well-liked prelate. He was born in Nashville, Tenn. of Irish parents. A scholastic prodigy-out of high school at 14, out of college at 16, a Ph.D. at 19-he was the youngest bishop in the U. S. (34...
Jaakko has implicit faith that "his boys" will stand up and produce in the face of riddled hopes. Aside from those men who have had to drop the sport because of scholastic difficulties, sickness, injuries, and crowded programs have been responsible for the decimation of the ranks.
Till last week, white-haired, pink-cheeked Porter Sargent was widely and amiably known as a rich, eccentric Bostonian who publishes the Handbook of Private Schools, whose salty annual prefaces on world affairs amuse many. Last week Mr. Sargent jumped right out of his scholastic skin. Reverting to Revolutionary New...