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...recent deaths of some forty black Africans in civil disturbances in Nyasaland contrasts sharply with the image of a harmonious multi-racial state which Britain had in view when she formed the Central African Federation...
...anxious to assert its authority and frightened by the recent outbreaks in the Belgian Congo, the Federal government's reaction was hasty and excessive. A state of emergency was declared, the African Congress was banned, and Dr. Banda and many of its leaders were arrested. While these measures may have been necessary to preserve the peace, the use of white Rhodesian reservists in Nyasaland, rather than the British ones available in Kenya, was not needed, and is certain to stimulate bad feeling. Equally unfortunate was the recent forceful expulsion of a visiting Labourite Member of Parliament, who was accused, perhaps...
Politically, breakup of the Federation could also be disastrous, for Northern Rhodesia would soon want independence from Southern Rhodesia, which might then have to join South Africa, certainly no improvement for her black majority. Political independence, as the recent black-versus-black riots in the free Congo Republic in which 120 were killed demonstrates, would by no means be an unmixed blessing for a state as unprepared as Nyasaland...
...record was 17-5. The year before, the Yardlings had a 17-2 record, and of the two preceeding seasons, one was undefeated, the other marred by one loss. Also in this period, the freshmen have lost only two games with Ivy League competitors, one of which was the recent loss to Yale on March 7, which gave Yale the unofficial Ivy League championship by virtue of its untarnished 3-0 record...
...Yardlings on March 3 by a score of 5 to 0. The extraordinary ability of the freshmen can be seen in the fact that the J.V.'s have never beaten the freshmen in the past five years, and this J.V. team is considered to be the best in recent years...