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...campus of the University of Texas at Austin last week, collegians braced themselves for an invasion from Waco. The strength of the invaders was fully documented: Baylor University's football team, made up of a jumbo line and backfield of brilliant performers, was unbeaten in six games, rated No. 3 in the whole U.S. Baptist Baylor, the experts agreed, had its finest chance in 29 years to win the championship of the Southwest Conference. Texas U. buffs were not dismayed. They passed the word: "Get out the red candles...
...While Notre Dame settled its position as the U.S.'s top football team, Maryland, No. 2, easily held the runner-up spot by beating South Carolina 24-6. Among the top teams still unbeaten: Baylor, which solidified its Southwestern Conference lead by defeating Texas Christian 25-7; Illinois, a top Big Ten entry, which beat Purdue 21-0; and West Virginia, now holder of the U.S.'s longest (twelve game) major-college undefeated streak, which edged Penn State 20-19. In one of the week's stunners, lowly Oregon, loser in four straight Pacific Coast Conference games...
Runners-up were Maryland 2, Baylor 3, Illinois 4, West Virginia 5, Michigan State to Southern California 7, Georgia Tech 8, Oklahoma 9, and UCLA...
...Baylor University, at Waco, Texas, is about to institute a compulsory course for students on the U.S. Constitution. Last week Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson, attending a special convocation in connection with Baylor's Conference on American Ideals, gave students some thoughts on the Constitution, "the political philosophy upon which it is constructed, and the system of values which give it purpose." His speech, coming from a busy U.S. policymaker, showed a highly articulate feeling for the political and moral principles behind his country's laws. Said Anderson...
...University of California, also rich in reserves, figured to trample all over Baylor University from Waco, Texas. But Baylor fielded a quarterback named "Cotton" Davidson, who played 59½ minutes, scored two touchdowns, and directed his team like a master. Final score: Baylor 25, California 0, the worst licking handed a California team since Coach Lynn Waldorf took over...