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...might be destroyed while still in its infancy. He cited recent Soviet use of the veto in the Albanian case as proof of U.N. weakness. Predicting that the death of Premier Stalin might result in the rise to power of a "Hitler-like" Russian, Professor Dow opined that unlike pre-war Germany, the Soviet Union is unable to wage an effective aggressive war...
Seconding the dissatisfaction of the non-concentrator are the demands of the pre-med, another department patron by necessity rather than by choice. Loath to duplicate the concentrator's heavy lab schedule, the pre-med must nevertheless abstract the meat of the fundamental courses and consequently asks for a tailor-made class. But department inertia and/or the lack of facilities have prevented the realization of a special course and, despite the success of its pre-war counterpart, no revival is in the offing...
...baseball team for its opening game Tuesday, Adolph W. Samborski '26 is attempting his first Varsity assignment in 20 years of College coaching. To present undergraduates he is best known as the intramural athletic director, an Floyd Stahl's assistant last spring with the Varsity nine, as the pre-war mentor of the Freshman diamond forces, and perhaps as one of the heavy-handed overseers of compulsory calisthenics on Soldiers Field in the years just past...
...travel, the number of American students spending their summers in the Old Country this year will be larger than ever before. The desirability of this arrangement, however, is deceiving, for despite the improved condition of France's economy and the marked strides the nation has made toward regaining her pre-war financial foundations, the country is still fairly shaky internally and a glut of recreation-seekers, travelling in the guise of students, may well put a stop to a great opportunity...
Even the 18 remaining courts have deteriorated badly from lack of care, and are in need of extensive repair. But this situation will not be permanent.: athletic director William Bingham '16 is working on plans to bring the situation back to a pre-war level as soon as possible. An estimated $200,000 will be needed to bring this about, not all of which can be allotted to tennis at this time. The work of repairing and constructing the courts may take anywhere from one to three years, depending on conditions. Bingham is working toward this goal at present...