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After the varsity track team's decisive 70 1/3 to 38 2/3 win over Army, it appeared a shoo-in to retain its Heptagonal crown in today's meet at Cornell. Since then, unfortunately, a spectre has arisen: Cornell, discounted after its loss to Army, has finally displayed the power which figures to make it the Crimson's keenest competitor for Heptagonal honors...
...unveil Phil Williams, who appears in the best condition of his indoor career. With Princeton's Bob Zwirner probably sidelined and Pete Reider doubling the varsity could rack in what had appeared a "bust" event. If Zwirner does not compete, the two-mile will be gravy, with Reided a shoo-in, and Dave Norris and Bill Thompson fighting Eli Jack Bogen for the points...
...Columnist Marquis Childs. "is one of supreme conviction of victory, with overtones of the smugness against which President Eisenhower himself warned." Citing the poor TV ratings of both political conventions, the Providence Bulletin thought that apathy was a problem confronting the Democrats as well. "The election will be no shoo-in for the Republicans," editorialized New York's Daily News, advising against a "refined, polite, high-level campaign . . . Nice-Nellyism seldom wins elections in this country." Slapping Adlai Stevenson for his "prissy little jab at President Eisenhower's favorite game, golf," the News totted...
...group gave little evidence of apprehension or even of quickened interest in politics. In Boston and Seattle, Republican committeemen reported that substantially fewer businessmen had volunteered for electioneering duty than in 1952. The same was true in Pittsburgh, where one industrialist explained: "Everyone figures Ike is a shoo-in. The same old warhorses are still the active ones in both parties...
...Shaplin, assistant professor of Education and associate dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Education, is the only incumbent on the CCA roster. Supposedly, Shaplin is a "sure win," for he has made a good record in two years; nevertheless, he needs every vote he can get, for shoo-ins have often found themselves shooed out fairly quickly. Each of the other five candidates firmly supports the CCA's professional approach to local school problems, and each deserves support: Gaetan R. Aicllo, Walter E. Doherty, Jr., Anthony Galluccio, Robert P. Horan, and Catherine T. Ogden. Only by electing these people...