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Staffers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch puzzled last week over a change in chairs. Illinois-born Irving Billiard, 52, a 30-year P-D veteran, stepped down as chief of the editorial page to become an editorial writer. His replacement: Editorial Writer Robert Lasch, 50, former chief of the Chicago Sun-Times editorial page, who was brought to the paper by Billiard seven years...
Publisher Joseph Pulitzer Jr., 44, announced that the change was "administrative" and reflects "no change in editorial policy." Why the shift? Said Billiard, nodding in the direction of Pulitzer's office: "You ought to get that from the White House." But neither Pulitzer, Lasch nor Billiard would say another word. One insider's explanation: though Lasch is considered "a political twin" of the pro-Stevenson, anti-Eisenhower Billiard, he has taken a more gingerly tack in pursuing his views with a reluctant Pulitzer. This would mean that while the tenets of the paper's liberal policy...
...great hallway is a Gothic arch of wood ribs with gilded bosses representing the heads of such men as Shakespeare, Socrates and George Washington. The stairway, lighted with bronze statues holding a gaselier on each newel post, led to the private upstairs chapel, later converted into a billiard room...
...building itself, decorated with Teddy Roosevelt's African game trophies, oak paneling, and coat of arms, there was opportunity for a real Harvard club. Its basement held a large room with eighteen billiard tables where a member could obtain free instruction from a "well-known professional." A kitchen, a printing office, and rooms of The CRIMSON completed this floor. Above, in the hall now used as freshman dining room, was a living room. An athlete's training table occupied what is now the Union kitchen. Upstairs, a library of 25,000 volumes filled one room while on the third floor...
...firm hand of the University itself to bring order from chaos. A rejuvenation of dues-paying membership followed the move, since confident student officers now ran contests, sponsored concerts, and offered a number of exciting war heroes and stimulating politicians as speakers. Prizes were offered for the best billiard player, pool player, and "that freshman member who at midyears, has achieved highest standing in studies and activities." Democratic Presidential Candidate James M. Cox stopped by to speak on his "whirlwind tour of New England" in 1920. The Union's University overseers had to stamp down student requests for Socialists Debs...