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...name was Joseph T. Rowbottom, and the use of his name for any kind of student uproar came about because he was a sound sleeper...
...inquisitive Harvardman ('18) Damon learned to fly before he learned to drive a car, was an air cadet in World War I, put the famed P47 Thunderbolt into mass production in World War II. Air travelers are in debted to Damon for helping develop 1) the first all-sleeper transport plane, and 2) low-cost tourist travel on both domestic and international lines...
...addition, Frank Gleason and Frank Knight, diving respectively for the Quakers and the Cadets, have shown well--well enough, in fact, to assure the Crimson's Greg Stone and Duane Murner of real competition. Army's Don Johnstone may prove a sleeper off the board...
Auntie Mame, by Patrick Dennis, was the year's real sleeper. With each passing week this raffish, anecdotal description of life with a zany aunt had fresh thousands laughing, wound up as one of '55's biggest sellers...
...Night Hawk. A restless sleeper, Cartoonist Clark often gets up at 2 a.m. to plod back to the cluttered 6-by-8-ft. cubicle in the eight-room Manhattan apartment where he works. Says he: "It takes me at least six hours to warm up. I sit there trying to work and wondering what I've been doing all these years that it should still come so hard to me." Finally a situation or a gag comes to mind. He starts sketching, often works for twelve hours running to finish the week's supply of six cartoons...