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...initiation rites begin in a small Mississippi River town in the '30s, with several of the stories pivoting around two youngsters named Jason and Ira Garrett. In Chip Canary, Jason tangles with the town queer woman, Elizabeth Minerva Stretch. She is a monstrous frump, always trundling a baby carriage full of junk and dubbed-for some shadowy peccadillo of the past-"Chip Canary." In a moment of adolescent bravado Jason yells out this taboo nickname, then breaks and runs. That night, snug in bed, Jason smiles as he hears his father say to his mother...
Others included Roscoe Pound, University Professor, emeritus, Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor, George A. Smith, Jr., Professor of Business Administration, Arthur E. Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law, Eric G. Ball, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Garrett Birkhoff '32, Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Alexander Forbes '04, Professor of Physiology, emeritus, Albert B. Hastings, Hamilton Kuhn Professor of Biological Chemistry, Eugene M. Landis, George Higginson Professor of Physiology, Joseph L. Walsh '16, Perkins Professor of Mathematics, Isidor I. Rabi, Morris Loeb Lecturer on Physics...
...tackle slot poses the biggest problem for the Big Red. Junior Roger Garrett is the only returning letterman. He was the starting left tackle last year. At right tackle, James is forced to call on Dave Carl, a sophomore who played on last year's freshman team...
...swarm of 75,000 bees which came hiving out of nowhere soon after the plane landed in Salisbury, to take up happy residence in one of its wings. Central's mechanics scattered, and to replace them, the airline called in a local beekeeper, Jack Garrett. Blow smoke or gas into the wing, he advised. No, said the airline engineers: formic acid from the dead bees might hurt the metal or the rubber on the gas tanks...
...other professor invited to Russia, Garrett Birkhoff '32, professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, said that he will not be able to accept his invitation to the Third Mathematical Congress of the U.S.S.R...