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...Scholarship men and Student waiters receive preference over men of equal records; near-sighted because in recommending that all Dean's List men be assured of admission, they are contradicting their own position since their cry has been to admit the all-around man rather than the so-called "grind." The proposal to assure admission to all Group IV men who have engaged in three or more major activities is rather shallow because it leaves the road open for the dabbler--a man who puts his fingers into everything, but does nothing well...
...mile, it will be to the 880 and two-mile events that the Indians will have to look for their wampum. Staf King is given a doubtful edge over A1 Hanlon in the former and Bert McManus a slightly better one over Dave Simboli in the eight-lap grind...
...Axes to Grind...
Unlike Mr. Suma, Professor Zimmerman of the Sociology Department has no axe to grind in his article "A German Village of Today." Professor Zimmerman has been making a study of the ancient German hamlet of Klein Leugden, and he attempts here to reach a fair conclusion as to the effects of Nazi legislation on the lives of this small group of German villagers...
...children are treated harshly by their parents, they may become tense and nervous, clench their jaws, grind their teeth. Such habits may cause dental trouble. Often children who are lonely or unwanted have an insatiable craving for sweets, "as if they were trying to make up for the absence of sweetness in their lives...