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...name. But Pulitzer dreamed of higher things and a college that would help achieve them. "It will be the object of the college to make better journalists, who will make better newspapers, which will better serve the public." Harvard was approached, but its faculty considered journalism on a par with lathe turning. Columbia finally got the nod, along with some $2,000,000 that became available after Pulitzer's death in 1911. The next year, the first class of 77 men and women entered the school-and al most immediately threatened to quit...
Compact golf is several things. It is "pitch-and-putt," where the average hole is 50 yds.; "par-three" (also called "par-thirty" and "executive''), in which the average hole is 150 yds., with several par-four holes; and putting courses, also known as miniature golf...
Golfing in the Dark. The fastest-growing form is par-three golf. Six years ago, there were only some 100 courses...
...clubs are expensive and crowded; municipal courses are jammed. Says Assistant Director Roy Holland of the National Golf Foundation: "Standard 18-hole courses are so crowded these days that it takes about five hours to go out and play a round of golf. You can play a nine-hole par-three course in an hour and a quarter. Housewives can rush over to a par-three after they send their kids to school and be back by noontime to feed them. They're great, too, for giving instruction, for beginners and older people. And they offer a tremendous amount...
...little apprehensive," said Cabot, who is in his first year as varsity coach. Columbia defeated Princeton last week by three lengths, he explained, and in two time trials this week the Crimson recorded times that were not up to par. The JV's picked up a length and a half on the varsity during the week, and the freshman first boat managed to maintain a length handicap over the varsity in the time trial Thursday...