Word: highs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Probably the most unlikely moneyman ever appointed to the high post of secretary of the Bank of England was a tall, genial, walrus-mustached Scot who much preferred to spend his time on the bank of the Thames. The Old Lady of Thread-needle Street, with a comfortable ?40 million worth of bullion in her vaults toward the end of the last century, could well afford an officer who set records for short hours and long absences (due to illness), occupied himself with punting, sculling and solitary walks. It was another activity that made his fellow Citymen uncomfortable: Kenneth Grahame...
Still hampered by foot injuries, the Crimson's Joel Landau saw his two hurdle crowns go to Bill Johnson of Maryland and Bill Szeyller of Penn State. Landau did not oppose Johnson in the highs, and the best he could do in the lows was a third behind Szeyller's 23.1. The varsity's Tom Blodgett turned in a 14.8 performance in the high hurdle semifinals but was eliminated...
...high jump, the Crimson's John deKiewiet tied with three other excellent performers at a disappointing 6 feet. Al Leisenring of Yale, Frank Carroll of Manhattan, and Charlie Stead of Villanova were bracketed with deKiewiet...
...conversation--"education through free-wheeling discussion," he termed it. "One of the most wonderful things in the Harvard House system is mealtime," he stated. "I usually find I stay an hour for lunch, and that's good. The level of discussion in Harvard Houses is apt to be very high...
Bevington recognizes that the presence of resident tutors in the Houses stimulates intellectual conversation, and he has high praise for the Moors' tutor affiliate program. He would like to see the dormitories adapt more of the practices of the Houses, and he admits that one possibility would be affiliation of dorms and Houses, such as has taken place between Com-stock and Winthrop, and Holmes and Quincy...