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...since the days of the Four Horsemen has Old Man Money run so rampant on the nation's football gridirons. As the turnstiles click out the greatest attendance record in history, coaches, college fathers and alumni are keeping cars tuned to the future of dear old Siwash, its pigskin stalwarts and the stadium mortgage. As is invariably the case with many Universities that over-emphasize the fall sport, most everyone has a finger in the glorious November bonanza; the lesser sports survive because 50,000 partisans watch the classic tussle with Toothpaste Tech and pay well for the privilege; fresh...
...professions too. Women's hands were turning to many campus skills. More of them were working in laboratories than ever before. They were guiding more tracing pens over engineers' drawing boards. At Iowa State College the newspaper had its first woman editor. At Knox College ("Old Siwash") the petticoat rule of student publications, which began last year, continued...
...veteran of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian was on his way home last week, on leave. His name: Siwash. His species: duck (the mascot of a Marine Corps artillery outfit). His combat record...
...Tarawa, where he landed with the early waves, Siwash routed, single-winged, a Jap rooster...
...Tinian, Siwash got back into his waddle: he hit the beach on D-day and personally captured a tiny Jap duck. But he had to leave his war bride behind...