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There are more Kirkland men on Deans list and less below Group Five than the overall college percentages. The Straus Trophy is wearing a groove in its wooden shelf in the dining-hall, and the Deacons look as though they might be on their way to their fourth straight league championship. The House also boasts many members and executives of organizations like the CRIMSON, WHRB, Crimson Key, and the Band. But over and above this emphasis on individuality, the successful K-house man develops the relatively rare quality known as House spirit...
...contents of one of the world's most interesting wastebaskets is laid before the U.S. public this week in the form of a book called Mr. President (Farrar, Straus & Young; $5). Explorer of the wastebasket: William Hillman, White House correspondent for the Mutual Broadcasting System. Author of at least 90% of the text: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President...
...Yale's famed Lit. magazine. The poem was prophetic, for destiny's doors seemed to develop a habit of opening before brainy young Richard Weil's imperious knock. The doors of Macy's, the department-store chain, opened because Weil was the grandson of Isidor Straus, one of the original owners. But Weil rose rapidly on his own merits. By 32, he had been propelled from a sales clerk to president of Bamberger's, Macy's Newark (N.J.) store. In 1949, at the age of 42, he became president of Macy...
Last week the golden-brassy gate of destiny clanged shut against Richard Weil. Macy's directors agreed to accept his resignation as president, although he will keep his second job as vice president of the chain. His cousin and predecessor, Jack Straus, 52, announced that he would take on the Manhattan job along with his bigger one of running the whole Macy chain. Straus attributed the change to Weil's two heart attacks. Said Weil: "I never felt better in my life. I just figured I'd carried two jobs long enough...
...Straus North widened its lead in Hall Trophy Standings released last night. Standings Points Straus North 283 2/3 Holworthy 227 1/3 Stoughton 204 1/6 Lionel 192 Weld North 184 5/6 Weld South 179 1/2 Wigglesworth West 161 1/3 Hollis 159 1/2 Mower 157 1/2 Straus South 155 1/2 Massachusetts 148 Matthews North 123 Grays 111 5/6 Thayer Middle 101 Matthews South 97 5/6 Thayer North 92 5/6 Dudley 85 Wigglesworth East 78 Thayer South...