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Ullman, from San Antonio, Texas and Lowell House, switched his field of con-centration from Chemistry to Government this year. He is the CRIMSON's editorial chairman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Davison, Ullman Win Rhodes Scholarships | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

...medical research world was con Vinced...

Author: By John J. Iselin, | Title: University Scientists Will Receive Noble Prizes | 12/10/1954 | See Source »

...What Every Woman Knows, with the efforts of a plain girl's father and brothers to find her a husband. Lizzie is all the wrong things-uncoy, intelligent, blunt; failure unnerves her; and she is bleakly staring spinsterhood in the face when a posturing, flamboyant young con man (Darren McGavin) blusters in, swearing that for $100 he can bring rain. With the money in his jeans, he spouts philosophy, poetizes, woos the girl, teaches her to have faith in herself. By the time he rides off to make a new pitch, she is well on her way-with another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 8, 1954 | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

Despite such restrictions, the winter leagues manage to comb the majors for all the talent they can get. This month, as the southern season got under way, a traveling ball fan could recognize familiar names. The Yankees' Willie Miranda and the Senators' Con Marrero were playing for Cuba's Almendares. The White Sox's Chico Carrasquel was in Caracas. In Santurce, P.R., fans were being treated to the antics of the Giants' incomparable Willie Mays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Winter Leagues | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

Besides the breaks, Dartmouth also had Beagle. If the junior quarterback had any failing it was a refusal to pass frequently enough. Beagle completed ten out of 15 including two touchdown passes. Considering the effectiveness of the Crimson line Beagle called a very con- servative game, conceding the offensive initiative to the chance of a dangerous interception. This tightly conceived and executed game eventually paid off for the Green, but had thing gone differently, the fourth quarter would have seen a burst of passes, and the post game press conference might have seen a rueful Tuss McLaughry, again vowing that...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Fumbles, Mistakes Provide Dartmouth With 13-7 Win Over Crimson's Eleven | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

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