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Finnegans Wake, a poem of sleep and flux, is also a masterpiece of systematic ambiguity, honoring less the waking mind that made it than the night world of humanity and the mythic "nightmare of history" from which Joyce as a young man said he wished to awake. Critics may wonder if Finnegans Wake is not a huge, jesting and virtuoso footnote to Joyce's simplest and finest poem, Ecce Puer, written soon after his father died and his grandson Stephen was born...
Playing the most informal schedule of the three College teams, the Jayvees have several victories both official and unofficial to their credit; but their chances against Newton today must remain a question mark due to the constant state of flux of the squad...
With a final cut due Friday, the Freshman squad is still in a state of flux, with no definite standouts mentioned as starters. Chase faces the universal problem of getting an untrained, inexperienced group to function as a unit before the opening game against Governor Dummer on the 11th...
...remainder of the backfield is still in a state of extreme flux. A lot depends on what formation Coach Harlow decides on for his 1947 outfit. There are signs that the wily oologist still has his heart set on using a straight T sometime soon, despite his hasty abandonment of it this year. When Dick switched to his mysterious L formation, he did so because he had no heavy-duty blocking back or T quarterback, and wanted to make his outside plays go by using his guards for the line trapping and by giving his blocking backs easy angles...
...time on a Yale varsity eleven of a Negro player and of the number of men on both teams whose names are not Anglo-Saxon. Such an occurrence has a significance that makes any joke or tolerant smile on the subject seem jejeune and slightly sour. For the social flux which is going on in both schools and which is symbolized by the change in make-up of their football teams is packed tight with meaning and significance. Far from being a cause for misplaced humor, it is perhaps the most exciting thing that has happened to either school...