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Author Buckley believes that "the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world . . . [and] that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level." Under the "protective label of 'academic freedom,' " says he, Yale has become "one of the most extraordinary incongruities of our time: the institution that derives its moral and financial support from Christian individualists and then addresses itself to the task of persuading the sons of these supporters to be atheistic socialists...
Buckley introduces his thesis with "I myself believe that the duel between Christianity and atheism is the most important in the world. I further believe that the struggle between individualism and collectivism is the same struggle reproduced on another level. What I call a failure to Christianize Yale was not due to any lack of sympathy on (President Seymour's) part. It was due to the shibboleths of "academic freedom" that have so decisively hamstrung so many educators in the past fifty years...
Joslyn and Joe Conzelman of the freshmen staged a punting duel, with the prep school athlete gaining the best end of the competition. Conzelman averaged just under 30 yards, while Joslyn had an amazing 43 yard average on four kicks
...Veteran Doris Hart, three-time U.S. runner-up. Only Akron's steady Shirley Fry then stood between Little Mo and the big crown. After a battle fought mostly from the baselines, Loser Fry surveyed the result (6-3, 1-6, 6-4), then ruefully said: "No one can duel with her at the baseline . . . Go up to the net against her? . . . Ridiculous...
...same day Linden in a key engagement downed Hollis-Stoughton in a closely fought duel, 5-4. This game was one of the hardest fought of the entire season, with frequent cries of pique and dudgeon permeating the vesperian...