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...Corny as it sounds," says Chairman of the Humanities John Hirschfield, "people here are treated as human beings. The most amazing things can happen to you." Two years ago, a group of Hirschfield's students were weighing the pros and cons of a year of study abroad. They wanted to go, but hated to give up Hirschfield's courses in humanities and history. "They got to talking with me about it," says Mullin, "and I said, why not just send Hirschfield along?" He did, and a tenth of Shimer's student body got both Europe...
...Whether the stock market goes up or down, one man who can hardly lose-provided the volume of trading stays high-is Norman Hirschfield, 51, new chairman of Teleregister Corp., which makes and operates stock market quotation boards. Last week Hirschfield had bullish news for his stockholders: first-half 1961 earnings reached nearly $500,000, v. a $20,000 deficit in first-half 1960. A Wall Street office boy at 14, Hirschfield became vice president of a brokerage house at 20, got friendly with Big Investor Charles Allen (who holds a dominant interest in Teleregister), was made chairman of Allen...
...That Again? SIR: PUBLISHER LEO HIRSCHFIELD OF ATHLETIC PUBLICATIONS [OCT. l] HAS ME QUASI-CONFUSED. WHEN HE SAYS "SEMI-OCCASIONALLY," DOES HE MEAN RATHER DEMI-SELDOM OR PRETTY DEMI-OFTEN...
...member of the finest Jewish country club in Minneapolis. I myself do not gamble, but I am not naive enough to feel that I can impose my philosophy on others. Semioccasionally, there is a flurry of publicity concerning gambling." Publisher Hirschfield is well aware that there are both bettors and bookmakers. "This," says he. "is no fault of mine. If I were to sell you a car, do you think I'd ask if you planned to use it to rob a bank...
Analyst or parlay-card player, bettor or bookie, all these men are really matching their wits with such oddsmakers as Leo Hirschfield. To hear Hirschfield tell it he and his handicappers are simply exercising their skill at prediction. Last week, sportsman that he is, he even quoted a price on the election: Eisenhower at 3½ to 1. "Lucky I'm not a betting man," said he. "Because, frankly. I want the Democrats to win. But what are you gong to do? That's the odds...