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William J. Dingham '16, Director of Athletics, earned his share of reflected glory when he mounted a step-ladder with a tape measure to confirm the record-breaking leap of 14 feet 6 and one-eighth inches made by Cornelius Warmerdam; the crowd roared its approval...
...Main Ball Room suite of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1,500 guests enjoyed some $50,000 worth of entertainment in honor of the coming out of Brenda Diana Duff Frazier. The social spectrum ranged from Cafe Society's fat impresario, Elsa Maxwell, to Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. The proceedings which lasted till 7 a. m. were news not only in Manhattan but in Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, St. Louis, Atlanta, Seattle, Los Angeles. Two days later an official seal was set on Brenda Frazier's glamor by a court accounting showing that this "infant over 14" has several trust...
...approved New York's tabloid Daily News, as well it might. Mrs. Watriss' precautions frustrated the photographers of every paper in town except one. The irrepressible Daily News came out with the whole business- Brenda greeting Elsa Maxwell, Brenda & mother greeting billowy Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, even Brenda being kissed by an unknown youth-all over the front page and across a centre spread...
Asked to name the three outstanding men in the history of Philadelphia, a 12-year-old schoolboy last week replied: "William Penn, Benjamin Franklin and Connie Mack." That day the surviving member of this trio, Connie Mack (Cornelius McGillicuddy), celebrated his 76th birthday, went down to his office just as he has done for the 38 years he has been managing the Philadelphia Athletics, announced that he hopes to have one more pennant winner before he retires from baseball-at a date still unspecified...
...yard run, Coach Neufeld pointed out that Cornelius Sullivan and Frank Mascianica, two Northeastern juniors, are certified fast steppers. Mascianica is credited with some of the finest running in the section, clipping off the 600 in around...