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Just as he did last year, the 140-pound engineering student stayed even with the pack for three miles and then overtook Princeton's sophomore star Jack Vodrey, coming down Cemetery Hill in the homentreteh...
Known as the "Build Your Wealth Campaign," it is similar to the pyramid-letter fad which overtook the University student body four years ago. The present craze also works on the chain letter technique...
...wangling commissions, Cohn was naturally assigned to a group studying Selective Service. But when the nation's Selective Service director, Major General Lewis B. Hershey, showed up and was asked to pose for a picture with Lieut. Cohn, the general, possibly recalling the sad consequences which overtook Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens after he obligingly posed with Army Private G. David Schine, retorted with a stiff, military "Hell, no!" Swinging down into the U.S. after a three-week royal tour of Canada, Britain's handsome Duchess of Kent and her daughter, Princess Alexandra, 17, set Manhattan hostesses...
Between the afternoon time trials and the evening final, however, the Crimson sophomore practiced the unfamiliar new kick and decided to use it in the race that night. He did, and overtook Baarcke in the last 25 yards to win in 58.8 seconds, his fastest time to date...
...Crimson came out victorious in the K. of C. meet, Jan. 16, as it sprinted home in the near record time of 3:21.6. Dave Alpers' anchor leg, in which he overtook Princeton's Dick Yaffa, has caused quite a stir among local fans, and Coach Bill McCurdy in particular. Alpers was timed by McCurdy at :49.6, but the officials credited him with a :48.9, excellent time for an indoor...