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...record which includes victories over every Eastern Intrecollegiate Swimming League team except Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, the Dartmouth Mermen come to Cambridge tomorrow in an attempt to settle the last score. The Big Green will be heavily favored, but if the breaks go right the Crimson can still grab a victory...
Captain Johnny Eusden can probably be counted on to grab five, possibly ten points in the 50 and 100 yard free styles, Barnes and Christman should capture a fair amount, while the remainder of the squad will do its best to hold up their...
...real motive behind the measure was expressed by the New York Times, which characterized the measure as a "naked grab for Senatorial patronage." The opening up of a fertile field of 30,000 positions which would be doled out by Senatorial courtesy would set up a veritable Smorgasbord of patronage for the local party bosses, and provide for a return to the unsavory politics o the Jackson and Grant administrations. The corruption and inefficiency consequent from mass appointments was realized when Andrew Jackson's friends tracked mud into the White House and into government agencies. A "big stick...
Like everything else in the wartime economy, college manpower is a shortage commodity which must be carefully rationed and allocated, and can no longer be handled in a free-for-all, grab bag fashion. But mere numbers are only part of the problem; physical and mental standards are equally vital in the equitable distribution of what the forces regard as the prospective officer pool. Here, where the most careful control is required, the greatest individual choice and one-sided competition are rampant...
Hell broke loose again last week on the inflation front. The farm and labor blocs, warily watching each other to grab any tactical advantage, got set for an organized assault on the whole anti-inflation program...