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...that it might be necessary to sacrifice his familiarity with the strategy of the State Department and appoint a "more striking public figure to the Secretary's post for reasons of public confidence." He suggested such names as Gen. Alfred Gruenther, Henry Cabot Lodge '24, John J. McCloy, former High Commissioner to Germany, and David K. E. Bruce, Ambassador to Germany...
Especially encouraging would be a solid point output by Griff McClellan, who did a fine job defensively Saturday night in holding Brown's high scoring A1 Poulsen to one basket. McClellan himself produced only one point, however, and can certainly improve in this department...
...agree that it would be better for the future business and professional man if he spent less time on studies: If he did, he would get less out of college and be less successful. President Lowell, many years ago, showed a high correlation of academic achievement and later success. A few years ago I studied this problem and found that a few hundred summas and high magna students in economics over 30 years had achieved much more than other Harvard graduates...
Undoubtedly the average quality of our students has greatly improved. I have heard administrators of colleges in the South and West complain bitterly about the trek of high quality students to the Eastern prestige schools. This tendency is also reflected in the recent National Defense Education Act, which to some extent takes away from the student the choice of his college. If he wants a fellowship or a loan from the Federal Government, he must apply to the institution. Hence the student's freedom of choice is thus restricted, with a view to slowing up the gains of prestige colleges...
Dick Murphy was Harvard's high scorer with a total of 285 points, placing second to Yale's Mac Blair, who tallied 291, the highest individual score in the history of the tournament. John Phelps, Ron Simon, Bill Granik, and Will Garrison also qualified. The Crimson's three runners-up were Jim Brown, John North and Shaun Scanlon...