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...both Ike and Taft can agree on. Asked whether he was for Ike, Dulles smiled and said: "I haven't made any public decision." Asked if he thought the two factions could agree, Dulles made a somewhat circular pronouncement: "If they do not agree, the party will be split...
...some found exciting and others painful. While Ike has much off-the-cuff speaking experience, he was not quite equal to the hazards of public-address systems (sound engineers vainly worked on the Detroit p.a. system till the last minute), the emotional impact of facing a vast crowd, the split-minute timing necessary for TV and radio. Ike rambled on about Berlin, then saw a TV technician flashing a warning sign that he had only three minutes to go: Ike threw away part of what he had wanted to say, raced on to the finish, and then had two minutes...
Basso Nicola Rossi-Lemeni had the biggest personal triumph, mesmerized the audience with his singing and acting as the Swiss hero: when he fired his crossbow and the apple on his son's head split with a stage-trick snap, there was a loud and relieved cheer...
...property, started a new appeal to the courts. But last week Sawyer and Dollar came to terms out of court in a Solomon-like decision that will cut the baby in half. The line will be sold at public auction for a minimum price of $14 million, to be split 50-50 between Dollar interests and the Government. The line should bring much more, since its assets are estimated at $32 million. Dollar indicated he might bid for the line himself, go back to running it if he wins...
What to do with non-honors seniors has furnished much food for discussion. The Economics Department has a tentative proposal that such men should have their junior group tutor as an advisor. Faculty members are split between those like F. Skiddy von Stade. Jr. '38, Master of Kirkland House, who favor tutorial for non-honors seniors, and Smithies who thinks that such seniors would prefer to be left alone and derides the undergraduate's "juvenile desire to have frequent association with the faculty." Most professors agree that these men should receive help in preparing for generals...