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...Corps technical adviser. As luck would have it his ship docked on the night of the newspaper photographers' annual ball and the ball was at a standstill while cameramen fumed on the dock for an hour and a half until Lindbergh, his face frozen in the glum glower into which it falls when he sees a news camera, showed himself. The photographers were naturally resentful, but Lindbergh did not know about the ball, did not know the ship had docked because he was talking to his friend, Dr. Carrel...
...baiters, however, are not the only ones whose prospects look dark. The future appears exceedingly glum for all hide-bound isolationists. Although a majority of the students are averse to wars, particularly foreign conflicts; they seem quite willing to aid in stopping Hitler. In a word, youth seems ready to take another stabat saving Democracy despite the warnings of Senators Nye and Borah. The shop-worn argument of "splendid isolation" will have to be put on the shelf for some years to come...
...outlook against Cornell, all-American end Brud Holland et al, is rather glum. It is glum enough to realize that they soundly whipped a really topnotch Colgate team, glummer still when you realize that Cornell will outweigh Harvard 21 pounds to a man in the backfield. Still, Harvard is a better underdog than top-dog; that has been proved often...
Last night's meeting of the Harvard Congress, if viewed in the light of the ovation given the Marquessa de Cienfuegos the night before, leaves the student of social progress in a rather glum frame of mind. For the Young Conservatives played to standing room only for a speech they had taken pains to label as publicity-seeking propaganda, whereas the Congress, meeting ostensiby to Advance and Perpetuate Learning, drew a crowd of fourteen by actual count...
...easy stroke will undoubtedly get him home ahead of almost all his opponents this year in the back-stroke. There will be a snag down at Princeton in Al Van de Weghe. Nevertheless, Graham's time trials have caused Coach Ulen to look at his stopwatch with a glum expression on his face, and then scan the pool balcony for possible Yale scouts. Dick Tregaskis is working hard daily, and Freshman Coach Peterson and Ulen are trying to persuade a little more speed out of him. Harry Southwick and Jack Kennedy are up from last year's Freshmen...