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Handsome Carlos Guevara Moreno, who took a degree in biology at the Sorbonne in the early '30s, likes to say that he "abandoned the scientific laboratory of biology for the human laboratory of politics." Sixteen months ago, Politico Guevara, a former cabinet minister, tried to come to power by arms. His revolution began at dawn in Guayaquil, Ecuador's second city (pop. 216,000) and major seaport. It ended with his humiliating arrest a couple of hours later by the army officers he thought would join him. By 4 p.m. the same day, he was in the massive...
Under the Yale Daily plan, the Honors candidate would take only one exam a year in each course, write a short and long paper in his field, and take a final comprehensive examination. He must choose ten courses in his field out of the sixteen necessary to graduate...
Life in Nahant, Mass., 15-year-old Roberta McCauley remarked, was dull. Seventeen-year-old Eileen Jeffreys agreed. Sixteen-year-old Marilyn Curry added: "The kids at school are terrible." The three girls, who were baby-sitting at the time in the home of a Dr. Albert Covner, decided to run away to New York...
...contrast the Blue's athletic debuts against Harvard were singularly unsuccessful. Exactly a century ago, an old Harvard shell, the Oneida, defeated New Haven crews in the morning and afternoon. The 100th anniversary crew race will be celebrated this spring. Sixteen years later, the Crimson won the first baseball game of the rivalry, 25 to 17. In 1875, Harvard won the football opener by four goals and four touchdowns...
Harvard came out of football practice last spring with a depth chart of sixteen lettermen, five other former varsity replacements, nine promising freshmen, and a half-dozen former jayvees. The line, and particularly defensive play, was woakened by graduation. The backfield is lighter and faster than a year ago, with promising sophomores Dick Clasby (behind Captain Carroll Lowenstein at tailback) and John Tulenko adding a little badly-needed speed...