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Sophomores Griff McClellan (6-8) and Bryant Danner (6-4) will see plenty of action, and should help dominate the boards against a relatively small Wesleyan squad...
This year, however, Wilson will have two tall sophomores to help Canty rebound--6-8 Griff McClellan and 6-4 Bryant Danner. They both lack experience, but before the season has gone very far, both should be seeing a lot of action. The only other sophomore on the squad is 5-7 George Harrington, who was the Yardling captain last season and high scorer...
Then, under its youthful-looking new President Duncan Ballantine, Reed ran into a crisis. In trying to tighten his administration, Ballantine so antagonized faculty and students that he finally had to resign (TIME, Oct. 18, 1954). At that point, Reed desperately asked Griff to come back and take over...
With the quiet diplomacy of an elder statesman, Griff restored faculty confidence, without sacrificing the administration's control. He stumped across the land urging more alumni support, raised enough money to up faculty salaries more than 15%-^ As peace returned to the campus, Reed's drooping enrollment climbed back to normal, and Griff retired again...
Last week New President Richard H. Sullivan joined 500 facultymen, alumni and townsmen at a farewell banquet to Jay special tribute to Griff. But the man to whom they were saying goodbye was not one they would soon forget. When Sullivan solemnly declared, "I shall always be grateful to him," he was speaking lot only for himself but for Reed...