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...only one building in the whole town met the specifications of the state fire marshal and the board of health. Nor had the board done anything to accommodate shifts in population: while some white schools were half empty, most of the Negro schools were operating on the two-platoon system...
Each of the captains will now prepare an individual report on spring football and the two-platoon system. William George, Cornell coach, will then collate the separate recommendations...
...Platoon Ban Also Hurt...
...Traditionally strong Pennsylvania team was weakened by the recent NCAA ruling killing the two-platoon system, and was further hurt by the decision on February 19 of Ivy League presidents not to resume spring training. Many argued that this was a necessity in view of the NCAA directive...
...from their barracks, they met a motorized infantry patrol drawn up across the highway. The ringleaders found themselves staring into the hard blue eyes of strapping (6 ft. 2 in.) Major General Richard Allerup, a rugged professional who likes to say that he is tough enough to be a platoon sergeant in the U.S. Marines. General Allerup neither blustered nor threatened. "I'm not talking to you as a general," he said, "but as an older, more experienced man." His order: "Get on to those trucks and get home right away." When one of the rebels demurred, the general...