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Although members of the Cadet Corps undergo rigid military discipline, our "fish" are not "mercilessly hazed," but live under conditions characterized by a spirit of friendliness, courtesy, and honor...
...fishing to nightclubbing and warily shies away from public notice. The ruling trio: courtly Chairman Colin Y. Syme, 59. a Melbourne lawyer; Managing Director Norman E. Jones, 58, a quiet chemist and metallurgist; and impatient Ian M. McLennan, 52, chief general manager, who joined B.H.P. in 1933 in a cadet engineer's "pick-and-shovel" job. Travelling tirelessly, Syme, Jones and McLennan leave so little authority to underlings that until recently B.H.P. plant managers were forbidden to make expenditures of more than $225 without permission. The limit has now been raised...
...Juan was a cadet in the Spanish naval academy near Cadiz when the news came on April 14, 1931, that the republic had been declared, and the royal family was rushing off to exile in France. That very night a torpedo boat hustled Don Juan off to join his parents. Recalls Don Juan: "I stood looking at those shores, and I thought I might never go back again. It was frightfully sad. At the bottom of one's heart, one could not help feeling that it was not for the good of the country." Like the Wandering...
...time is 1905, and the principal character in the story is a Winton Flyer, one of the first automobiles ever seen in Yoknapatawpha County. Its owner is old Lucius ("Boss") Priest, a member of the cadet branch of the county's first families (the Edmondses and McCaslins), but its proud chauffeur is Boon Hogganbeck, the childlike, "tough, faithful, brave and completely unreliable" part Indian who be came famous in The Bear for not being able to hit anything with a shotgun, rifle or weapon of any kind...
...high jump points could go to anyone as both teams have several six-foot jumpers. Beckwith, Jack Spitzberg, and Ohiri all looked good in Puerto Rico, and might pick up five or eight points with some luck. In the pole vault, however, Harvard will probably be wiped out. Cadet Dick Plymale vaulted 15 ft., 4 in. during spring training, and Harvard's Don Forte has only reached 12 ft., 6 in. thus...