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...years later, in Wembley Stadium, London, O-C gained revenge, as Cambridge Captain H. M. Abrahams gained the distinction of being the only man in the history of the rivalry to win three events. O-C gained a 6 1/2 to 5 1/2 win, when R. J. Dickinson (O) and R. D. Gerould (H) tied for first in the high jump...
...radiopaque dyes to get X rays of the heart, including abnormalities. But his discovery was ignored in Germany. Older men, who should have been wiser, scoffed at Forssmann's catheterization of the heart as a circus stunt. Beginning in the early '30s two Columbia University researchers, Dr. Dickinson W. Richards and French-born Dr. Andre Cournand, read of Forssmann's experiment and developed a way to use it both for research and diagnosis. They showed that it could be used in studies of shock, in revealing defects inside the heart or abnormal connections between arteries. Conditions that...
Last week the weekly trade magazine The Billboard front-paged some corroborating statistics. Three major labels, Columbia, Mercury and MGM, devoted the largest part of their summer releases to modern works, e.g., Aaron Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, Elliott Carter's The Minotaur. With several other companies contributing, 50 contemporary compositions were released this summer. This brings the impressive total of 20th century compositions on records to some 1,500, with about 240 composers represented. By comparison, there are only 776 works represented by 48 composers of the first half of the 19th century...
...might be expected, the college at first had to take its share of abuse. "If you can't get into college," local wags would say, "you can always go to Fairleigh Dickinson." But nearby industries continued to give Sammartino support, and his ten-acre campus flourished. He added a two-year nursing course, a school of dental hygiene, courses in hotel and restaurant management. In 1954 he took over the dying (150 students) Bergen Junior College in nearby Teaneck, included both campuses in the single full-fledged four-year college. He persuaded a steady stream of celebrities...
Last week Fairleigh Dickinson showed other signs of success. It has had more than 2,000 applications for the 950 vacancies in its coming freshman class, will hit a total enrollment of 7,250. Meanwhile, the number of companies competing for F.D. graduates has gone up from twelve in 1953 to 87. After 14 years, Peter Sammartino may not have created a candidate for the Ivy League, but he has built an institution that suits his community. "Somebody," says he, "has to pioneer in providing a college education for the increased number who want it at a price within their...