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Beirut didn't think so. An S 0 S from the Champollion brought a multitude of bare-chested fisherfolk racing to the rescue. But their cockleshell boats capsized in the raging surf, and those who tried to swim out with lines were dragged ashore half-drowned...
After 24 hours of pounding, the ship's quartermaster ordered all who could to swim for their lives. Fifty brave souls obeyed, among them Langdon Harris, 32, the only American aboard. As each bobbing head drew clear of the oil-covered maelstrom, Lebanese fishers plunged into the rollers and towed the survivors to shore. Langdon Harris and a ten-year-old French boy whom he held in his arms were among the 35 to reach the shore alive; 17 were drowned or smashed to pulp on the rocks...
...satirist, bile is almost as necessary as ink. Some, like Dean Swift, swim in it; others, like John Marquand, barely wet their prose in it; a few end by drowning in it. Japan's Ryunosuke Akutagawa was one of the hapless few; in 1927, sunk in pessimism and possibly near madness, he took an overdose of veronal and died. He was only 35, but the more than 100 short stories he wrote have since established him as Japan's most corrosive modern satirist...
Olympic veteran Dave Hawkins set a new freshman record yesterday in the 100 yard breaststroke, and helped the freshman swim team down M.I.T., 40 to 35. Hawkins' time was 1:01.7. Ralph Zani '54 established the previous record of 1:05.6 in his freshman year...
Ulen's pessimism is perhaps justifiable on two grounds. First, most squads will be "up" for the Crimson. Secondly, the Crimson sadly lacks depth. "That's always been a trouble of ours--we've been lean. When we swim Yale, they have a bench full of guys in Blue uniforms streching from one end of the pool to the other. Our squad looks pretty small...