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...Hammond's engaging personality, they usually add that Hammond under-rates his own influence. With his hearty voice and his sincere manner, The Mace has brought a warmth to Kirkland and a determination to be of real help to the students. This determination, while sturdy, has its lighter side. His College roommate remembers that Hammond always did crossword puzzles with the vertical definitions covered. He resolved to work to work out puzzles horizontally and after extra time, thought, and erasures, he would at last complete them. "That," reminisces his roommate, "is Mason's determination...
...long battle between Hall and A. Whitney Griswold. In a way, it was more Griswold fighting against himself, since Hall, during his three years as athletic director, advocated and pursued a policy outwardly condemned by Yale's president. While Griswold sat with other Ivy League officials talking about lighter schedules and a general de-emphasis, Hall remained in his office blithely placing teams like Army and Navy on the Eli schedule. It was Hall, who contracted roly-poly Herman Hickman, as Eli coach, and it was Hall who fully endorsed Herman's beating the bush for athletes. One usually does...
Manhattan court reporters saw a familiar face: Gambler Frank Costello, returned from Milan, Mich., where he is serving an 18-month stretch for contempt of Congress, to face a federal charge of evading $73,000 in income taxes. From Costello, prison-pale and some 30 Ibs. lighter, the reporters heard a familiar croak: "Not guilty...
...main purpose is to give the squad members who didn't compete in Bermuda during Easter vacation a chance to show their abilities. Nine of the team's starters go to the Business School; Dave McGiffert being the lone Law School representative. Graduate school players have usually been lighter and faster than undergraduate ruggers...
...Quantico, Va. last week, the Marine Corps showed off its new Mighty Mite a pint-size cousin of the wartime jeep (40 inches shorter and 1,300 lbs. lighter) The spunky little auto has no muffler (the tubular frame acts as one) and no axles (each wheel is independently sprung), and can plow through knee-deep mud, ford streams, hit 45 m.p.h. on a level highway, climb an 87% grade and be airlifted by helicopter. The Marines have ordered ten Mites powered by 65-h.p. Lycoming air-cooled engines, from Mid-America Research Corp. of Wheatland...