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...Steel grew up to match Morgan's grandiose dreams. For 26 years its czar was pious Judge Gary, a teetotaler who ran it like a Sunday school, and who, in the words of one bitter critic, "never saw a blast furnace till after he died." At his annual "Gary dinners," he set the prices for the entire industry. Later he established uniform prices by his Pittsburgh Plus and basing point systems, both now outlawed.* He also fought and licked the Government trustbusters who sought to break up the Steel Trust. He won primarily because in the growing U.S., newcomers...
...some cases the sophomores don't even wait till the victim comes out of his room, but go in to get him. On one occasion this fall the proctors were called to stop a fight which ended up in the infirmary. The boy was only shocked, however, and was out the next...
...various sophomore-freshman riots Kopliner and his men stand by prepared for action. "We let them go at it till it gets rough, and we watch for injuries," Kopliner says, "they have to release their pent-up energy somehow." If the fight occurs in a room, the proctors are on it immediately...
...views week-ends like this with apprehension. If the usual 2-3,000 people pass in and out of his place, it means broken glasses, waitresses threatening to quit, singing, fighting, and dancing in the aisles. If they don't, it means an empty till...
Shepard says he won't be able to tell how strong this year's team will be till they meet outside competition. The starting line-up will probably be faster and better shots than last year's team, though lacking its height...