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Observing that the next highest percentage in the last 15 years was 43 percent, earned by the Classes of '58 and '61, Miss Daveport said the Administration would like to think of this year's rise as "part of an upward trend." Since final grades are usually higher than midyear ones, she predicted that as much as 60 per cent of the 'Cliffe freshmen might make Dean's List by the end of the year...
Miler Fred Howard and Dave Brahms, in the middle distances, continued their upward trend in performance which first showed in the Heptagonals, where Brahms ran a 1:57 leg in the two-mile relay and Howard came from nowhere to take fifth in the mile. Frank Yeomans gave indications of becoming a definite threat in the sprints...
...pulled up fast. On being revived with oxygen, Peters said: "I'll have another go.'' This time he managed to tie a hemp rope around Moss's chest. Slowly but strongly the rope was pulled taut, and Neil Moss moved 18 in. upward, then got stuck fast again. His breathing stopped, and the rescuers had to slacken their chest hold until respiration started again. Another man, John Larson, spent 1½ hours unsuccessfully trying to budge Moss's right arm. "The carbon dioxide fumes make you lightheaded," he said, "and you think you see elephants...
...Boston University dormitory, Freshman John Thomas, 18, gangly (6 ft. 4¾ in.), growing Negro who in February jumped higher (7 ft. 1¼ in.) than any other man in recorded athletic history, slammed shut the latticework gate on an upward-bound elevator. When it rose, Thomas' size 12 left foot was jammed between the car and the shaft walls. Result: severe lacerations and bruises. After surgery, doctors predicted that High Jumper Thomas would be off the sawdust for six to twelve weeks...
...stock market rolled upward to new highs to end the week at an alltime record of 614.69 on the Dow-Jones Industrials average...