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...House Republican Conference met, fully expecting Halleck to come out swinging against any imminent threat to his leadership. But Charlie sweet-talked the dissidents about party harmony, to the point that one of them, Massachusetts' Silvio Conte, told reporters, "It's as peaceful in there as Miss Plimpton's sewing circle...
...PLIMPTON...
Harvard lost the final three matches, but Yale failed to pick up enough points to overcome the Crimson lead. Art Mann pinned John Valentine at 177, and Dave Plimpton decisioned Paul Schnits in the 191-pound category. A Yale pin in the heavyweight match would have given the meet to the Bulldogs, but Bob Fastov managed to hold the line, losing a 5-4 decision on riding time...
...Calvin H. Plimpton, physician, president. Amherst College LL.D...
...Amherst Alumni News, President Calvin H. Plimpton quoted Amherst's application requirements for 1860: "Candidates for admission to the Freshman Class are examined in the grammar of the Latin and Greek languages, Virgil, Cicero's Select Orations, and Sallust or Caesar's Commentaries, Arnold's Latin Prose Composition, eight chapters; Xenophon's Anabasis and two books of Homer's Iliad; English Grammar, Arithmetic, Algebra to Quadratic Equations, and two books of Loomis' Geometry or of Playfair's Euclid...