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...great-grandnephew of famed General Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, who made history by his fighting in the Thirty Years' War, which ruined Europe a good bit more than World War II to date. When he was eight, Alfred asked for a bicycle, could find none with a coaster brake, so picked a shiny cello in Lyon & Healy's window. He became a prodigy, at 15 toured with Dancer Anna Pavlova, later played with the San Francisco and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, was first cellist of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony under Toscanini for seven years...
...Father Joseph Sweeney tried to run the Jap blockade on a Chinese coaster with a vitally needed load of medicine for his leper colony. When two gunboats shelled the ship he slipped overboard and swam six hours before reaching shore. Now, despite the spread of the war, he is busy as ever among his lepers...
...most foolish notion ever held by a college man is that flying resembles riding a roller-coaster. No one is sure how this myth originated, but to the satisfaction of all concerned, it is rapidly being exploded by Harvard Flying Club 'missionaries'". So spoke the secretary of the club, Kerkham Cornwell '43, yesterday...
...Gold Coaster's powerhouse took to the air yesterday afternoon to blow the Leverett Bunnies off the gridiron 33 to 0. Only Adam's victory over Eliot has been able to match this scoring spree so far in the House league. At the same time the Claverly Clippers turned back the Dudley shuffiers...
Broderick grabbed the pass, turned, and streaked for the goal line. Only one Gold Coaster was in his path, but he was grounded when "Hot Heels" Jim Logan slammed him aside with a cross-body block. George Blanchard's kick failed to clear the bar, and as the half ended, the score stood 6 to 0 for Kirkland...