Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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North of the Mason Dixon line Princeton stands alone as the only major university that refuses to admit Negroes. This week the "Daily Princetonian" attacked this policy as being incompatible with the University's announced adherence to democratic principles. The condemnation of white supremacy at Princeton may be just a thorn in the impenetrable sides of those behind-the-coffee-table democrats who believe that equality in the United States means equality for the white race alone; but to all who think America is fighting the war for 13,000,000 Negroes as well, this college newspaper crusade will bring...
Kirkland scored a double triumph over Lowell in the recently started touch football leagues as the upperclassmen won, 3 touchdowns to 2, and the Freshmen did even better with a four touchdown margin, winning 6 to 2. Jack Dixon, throwing passes for the Deacon upperclassmen, rang up a .500 pitching averages age as two of his passes connected for Kirkland touchdowns, while two were intercepted and gave Lowell its scoring opportunities...
...Melman and Jack Dixon, continually retrieving impossible shots, and big Don Lutze, Varsity basketballer, who held up the offense with lighting spike shots, starred for the winning Kirklanders. Joll Kane and Buz Russell stood out in a good Dunstor lineup...
With his own mistakes Dixon has little patience. He bitterly regrets the times when, exhausted with thirst, hunger and desperation, with his clothes washed away to shreds and his skin a mess of huge sun blisters scaled with burning salt, he would lose control and scream at his companions. He confesses with shame that he was afraid to catch a passing shark with his bare hands. But he kept his strength of mind...
When, after covering 1,000 miles in 34 days, the three men staggered ashore on an unknown island, Dixon remembered to outline a plan for avoiding possible Japanese sentries, and to seek out a strong mooring post for the precious raft. Even at that moment he was thinking ahead: if the place was dangerous, or uninhabited, they would rest up, scrape together provisions - and take to the raft again...