Word: riley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their book, For Men Lonely, by Wil liam Jones, Donald Mose and Richard O'Riley (Ripley Publishing Co., Hanover, N.H.; $1), came out last week. It covered twelve eastern women's colleges,† included maps of each campus and hints on how to act there: "The Vassar campus boasts everything from a nine-story Tudor dormitory to the unhappy Victorian 'Main' Building-a tender spot to loyal Vassarians, so try and keep a straight face when you see it." Other tips: ¶ Wellesley : "The major pastime is long walks . . . with a little ingenuity you can stay...
...lineups: Kirkland: Snow, Le; Me-carrou, it; Thompson, rt; Eaton, re; Glynn, qb; Lamb lhb; Rogers, rhb; Groshong, fb. Winthrop: Richards, J., le; Montgomery, Earle, it; Riley, Dolgo, lg; Mozger, Williams, c; Knight, Curme, rg; Stevens, rt; Bisbee, re; Aloian, qb; Camberon, lhb; Holbrook, rhb; Olson...
Winthrop: le, Richards; lt, Knight, D.; lg, Knight, H.; c, Mezger; rg, Riley; rt, Earle; re, Bisbee; qb, Alvian; lhb, Stevens; rhb, Holbrook; fb, Wallace...
...Pygmies. Dr. Paul R. Hawley, a major general in World War II, now medical chief of the Veterans Administration, arrives at the question: "Did cholera defeat Custer?" By psychoanalytical deduction, Hawley concludes that Custer's Last Stand can definitely be traced to a cholera epidemic at Fort Riley on the Kansas River in 1867, nine years before the battle...
Custer's wife was then at Fort Riley. When Custer, leading an Indian-hunting expedition in the field, heard of the cholera outbreak, he promptly rode off from his cavalry regiment and hastened to the fort. That led to a court-martial and thorough humiliation of the high-strung young officer. His trial brought out other charges. He had once abandoned a detachment of his troops to annihilation by Indians (an unpardonable sin in the Army's Indian-fighting code). Custer was sentenced to loss of rank and pay for one year. Dr. Hawley's analysis...