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...this age of intense competition for the best all-around students, we cannot rest upon the reputation of Harvard. Family tradition is no longer potent. Today men attend the college of their choice rather than the college of their parents. I suggest that it is a proper function of the alumni to influence that choice...
Jordan was an all-around schoolboy star at Clare, Michigan, in the late '20's. He worked for General Motors for four years to earn the wherewithal to get to the University of Michigan and during that period played center and forward on the GM basketball team...
Offensively, the varsity kept within a few points of the Quakers except for the winners' spurts at the end of each half. Ed Smith, high Crimson scorer with 22 points, played one of his best all-around games...
Coach Norm Shepard, although naturally disappointed with the result, said the he was highly satisfied with his team's showing, and felt "we played perhaps our best all-around game to date, until the end of the game--when we forget how to handle Cornell's pressing defense...
Penn has had one meet already this season, a loss to La Salle College. La Salle, however, boasts Olympic champ Joe Verdeur, the world's greatest all-around swimmer, so there was no great shame in losing, according to Ulen...