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...Sultan of Johore is 64-year-old Ismail, whose mother was one of Sir Ibrahim's original four Malay wives. But Ismail can rule for only a few weeks in the semi-autocratic fashion of his dead father. Next month Johore will elect an Executive Council headed by a Prime Minister, and the Sultan will become a purely constitutional figurehead. The old days are gone, and the old ways are dying, but even the most nationalist opponents of the late, crotchety Sultan experienced a sense of loss. Said one: "He was Malaya's grand old man. His service...
Bowditch, who played beautifully against Yale on Wednesday, could be the big surprise of the tournament if he can keep up his fine play. Vinton, who reached the semi-finals in the singles last year, will not play doubles, and Crimson coach Jack Barnaby has not yet decided who will pair with Wood...
...Armour slaughterhouses 660 hogs and 220 head of cattle are slaughtered every hour. Live stock comes to us, and leaves us as sausages, semi-finished products, and canned meat...
Holy Cross coach Jack Barry, saving his two first line hurlers for Saturday, stubbornly refused to take out Malinowski who was singularly ineffective. He had an impressive windup but his invariable semi-fast ball was an easy target for the Crimson...
Harvard cannot stand in magnificent semi-isolation and feel that all secondary schools will prepare their students, no matter how able, for a college education. Dean Monro has pointed out that the relative number of applicants from low-income areas has been decreasing steadily--perhaps due to well-founded fears that they will not be admitted. If Harvard seeks to provide education for those with aptitude and not merely those with good training, liberalization of transfer policies is urgently needed...