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Archibald R. Graustein '05 reported that the Law School Class of 1907 had given $59,127 to the School, exceeding the previous high established by the Class...
...rallied the alumni for the first time, boosted their annual giving from $140,000 to $400,000 a year. He eliminated departmental duplication, persuaded students to consolidate their activities (e.g., the university had four student newspapers), raised $44.5 million, which was more than had come in in all the previous 25 years. But his real achievement was something more intangible: restoring to students, facultymen and alumni faith in the future of their university. "I tried," says Heald, "to give them a little sense of destiny...
...surprise of the meet was the showing of Dyke Benjamin, who placed fifth in the two-mile. Villanova's ace Alex Breckenridge had to come from behind to nip Benjamin at the wire for fourth. Benjamin was unofficially timed in 9:21.2, more than ten seconds better than his previous time...
...Committee on Committees, to make the choice. Ordinarily, the nod would have gone to the Republican with the greater seniority. Bricker's dilemma: both Ives and Watkins were sworn into the Senate on Jan. 3, 1947. Technically Ives could claim a hairbreadth of seniority because he had held previous legislative office (New York state), but Ives was no man to pull a technicality on an opponent of Arthur Watkins' caliber. Bricker's suggestion: Would the Senators agree to settle the matter in the classic Senate tradition in such cases, i.e., by flipping a coin...
Irving Ives promptly agreed. For Watkins the decision was tougher. As a practicing Mormon, he is opposed to gambling on principle, reluctantly accepts the Senate custom ("It isn't really gambling") for lack of a practical alternative. Moreover, out of eight previous turns at Senate coin tossing, he has lost eight times. At length, as Bricker flipped the coin experimentally, Watkins gave in. "Heads," he called as the quarter whirled in the air. It came up tails. Sighed Arthur Watkins: "My record of losing at this is still intact...