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After graduation from Georgetown in '50, Sigmund went to England on a Fulbright, studied for a year at the University of Durham, and "lived in a genuine medieval castle, built by William the Conqueror. It had central heating that worked except for Sundays when they tried to heat the Cathedral, too; and there was a policy of 11 o'clock close-up that meant anyone coming home later had to scale two walls and a dry moat, then climb the castle wall itself. But there were plenty of cracks...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Around the World | 3/14/1959 | See Source »

With upwards of 75 pros pects to choose from, varsity baseball coach Norm Shepard held the first regular practice of the season yesterday afternoon in Briggs Cage. The opening game will come March 30 against Georgetown, the initial stop on the team's annual Southern trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Nine Begins Practicing for Season | 3/10/1959 | See Source »

Riddleberger's contacts with pitchfork, trowel and paintbrush were strictly as a young man in Woodstock, Va. He studied at Georgetown University, taught international relations there for three years after taking his master's degree, won appointment to his first foreign service post, vice consul in Geneva, in 1929. After a long career as a specialist in German affairs he was sent to Belgrade in 1953, worked hard at his end to get the Yugoslavs to enter into the agreement with Italy settling the nagging Trieste problem. In early 1958, President Eisenhower appointed him Ambassador to Greece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Aide for Aid | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Hurdler Joel Landau is the varsity's best bet for a first place. Landau will be facing Georgetown's Al Hoddinott, who edged him out at the wire in last year's finals, but if the Crimson ace keeps his from under control he should come out ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Crimson Performers to Go In IC4A Championships Tonight | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

...evokes memories that could not possibly be his own: "The interminable meetings, the litter of cigarette stubs, the hasty sandwich at the desk . . . the call from the White House, the postponed dinner, the neglected wife, the office lights burning late into the night, the lilacs hanging in fragrance above Georgetown gardens while men rebuilt the nation over long drinks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lilac Time in Washington | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

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