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Willard D. Roth 3G, zoology; Felix T. Smith 1G, chemistry; David B. Stewart, geo-sciences; George H. Stout '53, chemistry; John. M Teem 3G, physics; Peter P. Vaughn 3G, zoology; Robert C. West, Jr. 3G, chemistry; Edward O. Wilson 2G, zoology; William N. White 3G, chemistry, and Ariel C. Zemach '51, physics, conclude the list
...Green. And, as usual, the cloud has an Orange lining. While Dublin Cheers and New York sends up its annual blue-coated paean to Shamrock land, the lads up north in Ulster must keep silent and dare not even march the streets of Belfast or toast Parnell with Irish Stout...
...Rundstedt's command was a main spearhead in the conquests of Poland and France, and formed the stout southern arm of the Nazi thrust into Russia. But when the German attack in Russia slowed down, with winter coming, von Rundstedt counseled not only a halt but retreat. Hitler removed him. In 1942, with the U.S. in the war, Hitler made von Rundstedt Commander in Chief West, to prepare for the eventual Allied invasion of Europe. By 1944, says World War II Historian Chester Wilmot (The Struggle for Europe), von Rundstedt had lost the master's touch...
...Chaplinesque plot begins very slowly with an ex-convict deprived of employment and his passport. Desperate, the little man buys a Captain's uniform, storms into Koepenick, and seizes the Town Hall. Always jibing at stuffy authoritarian, the ersatz Captain imprisons even Mayor Obermculler, a stout buffoon played by Max Guelstorff. The mayor knows nothing of his offense, but there can be no injustice under Germany's martial law and order. He salutes and plods to jail...
...Flynn, the second witness against Conant, told the committee that in Germany, "where the agents of every important State are gathered, and where all sorts of social philosophers are scheming for the soul of Germany . . . (America needs) . . . as our representative some stout-hearted pragmatic American who believes in the American system, and not an agreeable philosopher who is talking about making over the American system...