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Almost anything can happen to a track meet. Stars may dip below the horizon for a brief period or for over, others may appear from nowhere to shine in all their brilliance for a week, only to fade back into oblivion. And so it was Saturday. Among the upsets was Columbia's Ben Johnson who was dethroned in the hundred, and failed to even qualify in the broad jump. Johnson's poor performance has been laid by some to a mental condition imposed upon him by the memory of a torn muscle acquired on the same track a year...
With a squad of nine fencers, Coach Rene Peroy set out yesterday for the Intercollegiate Fencing Meet at New York to be held today and tomorrow. Captain and epeeman Edward O. Miller '37, foilman William F. Gerber '37, and sabreman Edward S. Skinner '38 are expected to shine...
These examinations should not, of course, be taken as a substitute for the regular college entrance requirements. The College Board examinations, by proving a man's ability to handle the discipline of routine courses, tend to weed out the fly-by-night scholars, who shine on aptitude tests but would do badly when it comes to vegetating in Widener. Thus, despite their value, the scholastic aptitude papers should not be made to take over the whole examination burden...
...Reflected Glory" means Tallulsh Bankhead's glory reflected upon Tallulah Bankhead. Most commendably, however, Miss Bankhead's star is made to shine, not through the familiar expedient of excluding capable support, but rather through the skillful writing of George Kelly, with the maximum of adaptation to the peculiar talents of a peculiar artist. The actress is cast as an actress, and that leads to all sorts of dainty nuances. Sometimes Miss Bankhead acts the conscious actress, sometimes the unconscious actress, and sometimes she just acts...
...which is the home galaxy of earthlings. They may be distinguished by calling the local patches galactic nebulae, the great outer star clusters extragalactic nebulae. About 100 of the nebulae within the Milky Way are planetary: that is, they have a star at the core and are presumed to shine by light reflected from...