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Feild's dismissal symbolizes the stagnation of a once progressive arm of the University. From the outset student opinion has been nearly unanimous in his support. Eighty per cent of the undergraduate concentrators in Fine Arts petitioned the Administration to reinstate him. But not a word of explanation, let alone any hint that the request might be granted, has been heard in the Fogg Museum or University Hall. Probably this plea too, will fall on deaf ears...
...other side it may be argued that the giving of course credit would not necessarily increase participation. Moreover, an experimental course faces the real danger of becoming a notorious snap, particularly if formal check-ups are minimized. And the very incorporation into the curriculum might at the outset kill any experimentation with the slow poison of required reading lists and hour exams...
Before vacation, two positions, stroke and five, were worrying Coach Tom Bolles. At the stroke oar there were four possibilities, Bill Rowe, Jack Wilson, Colton Wagner, and Barr Comstock. From the outset it has seemed that Bill Rowe was the favorite. Last year he stroked the Jayvee shell. Bolles rates all four men as good strokes, but naturally not up to the standard set by Spike Chase last year...
First before a House committee, then before Senators, Mr. Morgenthau was on the defensive from the outset. The reason for renewing both the President's power of dollar devaluation and the life of the Stabilization Fund is to protect U. S. business if European currencies go to pot, but Mr. Morgenthau had solemnly to assure the House that the Administration had, at this time, no idea of further devaluation; that the Fund had not and never would be used to finance foreign purchases of arms...
...outset of the game, Mechem, St. Paul's right wing, scored unassisted in 45 seconds. Al Chandler, Freshman left defense, drove the puck into the net in 1:35. Penetrating deep into enemy territory, center Walt Whittacker scored at 2:30 assisted by wings Dreher and Ayres. With St. Paul's tallying up two more goals, the score at the end of the first period...