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...write anything less realistic, less straightforward than 'the cat sat on the mat,'" A. A. Milne (rhymes with kiln) once complained, "I am [called] whimsical." To Alan Alexander Milne, whimsical was the most "loathsome adjective," but it was one that he could never escape. No matter how many adult plays and novels he wrote, he was forever the biographer of Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh. On starting one of his children's books. Critic Dorothy Parker once reported that on page five "Tonstant Weader fwowed up." Milne's other readers had an entirely different reaction...
Less publicity and more police, even together, would not have forced unwilling students to put out a welcome mat for Miss Lucy; only organized student action, beforehand, could have counterbalanced the firebrands that were certain to arise. While the Student Government Association had considered the effects of Miss Lucy's admission, it had completely overlooked the possibility of violence and what, if anything, could be done to prevent it. Certainly the subsequent condemnation of the riots by many student groups--including the men's and women's Student Governments, the students of the law school, a council of religious organizations...
...paper margin may fade somewhat, however, if weight-making again causes trouble. Bob Gilmor, back to his 167-lb. spot, had to do some serious reducing before he could face Dick Johnson of Columbia. For varsity captain Phil Burnaman, also, the road to the mat led through the rubber sweat-suit. Burnaman will face Dale Scot at 157 pounds...
...succeeded thanks to his cat-quick reflexes and a natural athletic gift that makes him a success at almost any game he tries (he took a crack at soccer for the first time in his life as a Lehigh freshman, made the Lehigh varsity the next year). On the mat a wrestler is on his own. There are no teammates to pitch in, no one to call plays, no coach to take him out when he gets tired. Stop-watch-clicking scorers keep track of every move, referees award points on a complicated but precise system of scoring. During four...
Missing from the mat, however, will be Ed Keating who has a bruised hip, and Charlie Harding who has a bruised rib. Keating, who wrestles at 137, will be replaced by Pete Hiam, former captain of the Freshman team, who has just returned from the service. In place of Harding, Pickett will start Joe Goodman...