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Oliver Stafford, the Williams number one man, lost to Ben Heckscher in the finals of the Collegiate Invitation Tournament last December in three close games and will be trying to end Heckscher's streak of eight straight intercollegiate match victories this year.
Friday, Feb. 3. Autherine was driven by a Baptist pastor the 60 miles from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa in time for her first class in geography. Before 9 a.m. she walked into Smith Hall, took a seat in the first row. "I was met with hateful stares," she reported later. "As...
Though Autherine will not be allowed to sleep in any university dormitory or eat in any university dining room, these restrictions are apparently not enough for her fellow students. One night last week, 1,000 marched on the home of President Oliver C. Carmichael shouting, "To hell with Autherine" and...
It was at this first Decennial dinner that Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of the honored guests, read a poem patterned after "The One-Horse Shay," and entitled "How the Old Horse Won the Bet.' This poem was not one of Holmes' masterpieces, but the board felt it was certainly worth...
Thenceforward, the Holmes house reverted to staidness. The Justice was born elsewhere, coming only in his College days to visit his grandmother and uncle, of whom Emerson said something to the effect that 'John Holmes has humor, while Oliver has only wit.' Boston's poet laureate returned in 1871, literally...