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...opinion of blunt Manhattan Park Commissioner Robert Moses, "Barnum had his sacred white elephant and every fair is entitled to at least one theme tower." More irreverent remarks than this have been made about the esthetic and symbolic value of the Fair's great ball and spike. At the other extreme, the Fair's publicity department, whose lyricism is more than adequate to its task, has described the Perisphere as symbolic of the all-inclusive World of Tomorrow and the Trylon as a Pointer to Infinity. To the architects who designed the centre, however, the Perisphere and Trylon...
Unleashing pent-up power in a mile and three-quarters run, Spike Chace's boat out stripped the confident Yardlings by four lengths. The Jayvees were only two feet behind the Freshman, the Union Boat Club trailing the seconds by several lengths. A week ago the Varsity pulled away from Harvey Love's eight by only two and a half lengths...
Next came the Jayvees, according to official time, who spaced out two and a half lengths over the M. I. T. eight and a deck-length more over the Raritan boys. Spike Chace's men won by three lengths with the Tech boat trailing the Scarlet oarsmen by a length...
Keeping the beat down to 30 and 32 until the last half-minute, Spike Chace's boat kept up a smooth easy stride and finished in 7:09.6. The two or three feet gained by Tech at the opening gun vanished as the Crimson, rowing 37 to M. I. T.'s 40 and Rutgers 38, crept up for a half-length lead which they increased to a length by the three-quarters...
...Spike Chace, of course, remains at stroke and Bob Stevens at 7, a position he held on the Freshman crew last year. Doug Erickson will row 6 and John Gardiner 5 for his second season. Walt Kernan, 6 on the 1937 Freshman eight, will hold down his brother's job at 4. Dud Talbot is another who will be two years at his post, number 3. John Richards at 2 and John Clarke at bow will complete the lineup...