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...carrier Constellation. Charging "calculated racism," 120 black sailors and 12 white shipmates staged a sit-down strike in an effort to confront ship commander J.D. Ward. Ward, a member of the old school of navy discipline, refused even to speak with them. Instead, he called a general muster of all hands, surrounding the demonstrators with thousands of white sailors...
...that the school provides discipline in the formative years which gradually leads to self-discipline. If the student at college has the interest and the self-discipline to keep up with his work, external discipline plays no part in motivating him: but if he has not yet managed to muster quite the dedication he should have, the discipline of grades keeps him hurrying along...
...Radarman Third Class Lonnie Brown, 23: "We wanted to air our views and tell the captain what was actually happening. We had to get the word across to the man who runs the ship." But Captain J.D. Ward refused to see the men. Instead he called for a general muster, and the blacks were suddenly surrounded by thousands of whites. Later they were put off the ship at San Diego for "counsel." When the carrier returned from maneuvers to pick them up, the men refused to board. They staged a second eight-hour sitdown on the pier, lifting their arms...
...senior Chris Papagianis's three goals, Harvard dominated Yale in every aspect of play, outshooting the Elis 29 to 13 and disrupting any organized drive the Blue could muster...
Briggs, the Crimson's only entry in the tourney, won his first match against Boston professional star Mohibullah Khan, 15-12, but couldn't muster enough points to take the set. He lost the next three matches...