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Historically, printing had been connected closely with Harvard long before the University ever did much for itself. A British minister, Jose Glover, set off from London near the beginning of the 17th century accompanied by his wife, a press and a trivial collection of type. His dreams of editorial glory ended as he died on ship board, but Mrs. Glover set up shop with the assistance of Stephen Day, a worker who had come with her husband...
Smitten with admiration for her pluck and for her thriving little print shop, Harvard President Holyoke married the former Mrs. Glover. His admiration for her business acumen and the monopoly she enjoyed in the trade made him throw the University's printing her way. In addition, her shop printed such books as the bay Pslam Book and the Bible in an Indian dialect...
...Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) is a nobody with an all too mortal longing to be a Somebody. Fired from her job in a Manhattan garment mine, she heads for Central Park to have a daydream of grandeur. Wistfully she gazes at a big, empty billboard on Columbus Circle, imagining how her name would look there in 12-ft. letters: GLADYS GLOVER. What happens next is a hilarious example of dumb-blonde logic. Since her name would look wonderful on the sign, and since she has $1,000 in the bank, why not rent the sign and put her name...
...yard freestyle--Won by Martin, Williams; 2, Donovan, Y; 3, Sheff, Y; 4, Brisco, Brown; 5, Glover, Dartmouth. Time 50.3 (Pool and meet record...
...yard freestyle relay--won by Yale (Schaeffer, Joslyn, Chamberlain, Sheff), 3:28.9; 2, Dartmouth (Heyn, Mullins, Luker, Glover), 3:33; 3, Harvard (Huebsch, Egan, Rapperport, Hedberg), 3:33.7; 4, Navy (Burr, Rindahl, Gray, Slack), 3:34.4; 5, Cornell (Delaplane, Swanson, Ord, Olt), 3:36.1.The Crimson's PETE DILLINGHAM, defending one-meter diving champion, finished second behind Yale star Kenny Welch by seven points...