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...Drake and Penn Relays, the U.S. got a more encouraging Olympic preview. At Des Moines, nimble Harrison Dillard, a 24-year-old Negro, won his 55th straight race in the 120-yd. high hurdles (equaling his own Drake Relays record in 14.1). At Philadelphia, Michigan's mighty Chuck Fonville, a 20-year-old Negro, heaved the 16-lb. shot 56 feet (short of his own world's record but a new Penn Relays record...
...taking place.The image was transferred from tube to film by a special photographic and developing process, then "fed continuously to a projector and flashed to the screen. The whole converting operation (tube-to-film-to-screen) took only 66 seconds. Images were bright and well-defined, and the sneak preview was hailed by all who saw it. The mere mention of Brooklyn brought such a storm of cheers, however, that most of the audience missed the explanation and thought the telecast was a newsreel...
...itself, requires something more than persistent enunciation to become entertainment. Similarly the Dramatic Club, far from meaning harm, has attempted to resurrect what it believed, along with a small minority of New York drama critics and theatergoers, to be a work of art. But last night's special press preview view of the play indicated "The Survivors" is neither a work or art nor even a soundly constructed play...
...rundown sounds like the preview for a soap-opera sequence. Will Nick Rodis' weak knee stand up under hard running? Will the injured bone in Chuck Glynn's hand heal? What effect will Jim Kenary's appendectomy have on his football future? Will Chip Gannon and Tom Guthrie be able to catch up on the fundamentals they have missed...
Only one more slight addition needs to be made in order to make the catalogue an almost perfect preview of coming attractions: brief explanatory notes appended to those courses, such as Comp. Lit. 35, which will be given next year but not in 1949-50. With that added aid, students could plan course programs more easily for two years ahead. In any case, the Faculty's decision to bring its once-mysterious catalogue up to date is an encouraging sing of progress--a sign which is paralleled by its other wise decision to abolish compulsory hour exams, attendance...