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Historians & Soldiers. Books about World War II had little of their pre-Korea appeal. Easily the best was Winston Churchill's fifth volume of his history of the war, Closing the Ring; it was, in fact, one of the most readable books of the year. General Omar Bradley's A Soldier's Story, while uncommonly critical of some commanders, did little more than add details to the account his wartime boss, Ike Eisenhower, had told three years before. The Army's own official history, United States Army in World War II (seven volumes finished...
...Crimson track team began bearing out pre-season predictions of power when it easily defeated a strong Boston University squad 69 5/6 to 39 1/6 Saturday in Briggs Cage, The freshmen, led by Bob Rittenburg, Herb Collins, and Dave-Ingle also won easily...
When the ECAC holds the final session of its annual meeting today it will discuss this recommendation and six others in which the committee urged abolition or limitation of spring football practice, pre-season basketball drills, reconsideration of football's unlimited substitution rule, and a general tightening up of restrictions on recruiting and subsidizing. Another committee will report on football television...
This Crimson squad has plenty of good reserves behind fine starters. Unfortunately, though, the thinness of the pre-Christmas schedule will hinder it because, as Weiland says, "you need games really to get into the feel of things." But through the comfortable haze of preseason air, it appears to be a better-than-average club, fast, and capable of scoring. Above all, capable of playing interesting-to-watch hockey against all comers...
Recently established, the Ford Fund for the Advancement of Education awards pre-induction scholarships to students under 16 1/2 years of age. Financed by the Ford Foundation, the plan is in operation at Yale. Chicago, Wisconsin, and Columbia...