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...even more concerned about the attempted censorship of his music. "I'll stand or fall by these songs," he said before he played the three songs excoriated by the HUAC. "And I've got a right to sing them for every kind of group." The three songs--Midnight Special, Hammer Song, and Wasn't That a Time--were about as American as the HUAC could ask for: a prison song collected by Leadbelly, a song about "the hammer of justice, bell of freedom, a song about love...," and a song about patriotism in times when America was threatened by tyranny...
...shot put, Sarge Nichols brightened an injury-blighted year by taking back his Harvard mark with a 53 ft., 10 1/3 in. heave, as the Crimson swept the event. The varsity also went one-two-three in the hammer throw, with Stan Doten setting a meet record of 196 feet...
...Crimson cannot afford a repeat of this winter's weight throw tragedy when the same performers meet again in the hammer throw. Stan Doten and Ted Bailey should be first and second, and Roger Wilson should place. But Jud Sage of Navy looms in the background...
Crimson trackmen captured the first three places in the hammer throw, shot put, and the mile, and swept the broad jump as they topped Dartmouth and left Brown in the dust last Saturday. The score at the end of the day was Harvard 87 3/10, Dartmouth 56 1/10, and Brown...
Stan Doten, Ed Bailey, and Roger Wilson accounted for the first three slots in the hammer. Doten's winning throw was 187 ft., 11 1/2 in. Something of a mild upset occurred in the shot put, as Steve Cohen beat University record-holder Rick deLone by four inches to win the event at 52 ft., 6 1/4 in. Sarge Nicholas took third for the Crimson...