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...Triumvirate. For the selling job, Cushing called on two fellow Harvardmen for help: George Weller. globe-trotting reporter for the Chicago Daily News, and Marshall Haseltine, urbane expatriate who lived in Europe. Weller got a leave of absence to work with Cushing. He drove into Squaw Valley over the rutted dirt road from State Highway 89, took one horrified look and decided on the spot that the pitch had to be a return to Olympic ideals of togetherness and simplicity, in contrast to Europe's ornate resorts...
Applicants' brochures were customarily printed in English, French and German. Weller noted that "only two countries spoke German, and they both wanted the Olympics in their own area," ordered Spanish substituted for German to please Latin American delegates. Weller embarked on a four-month tour of South America to emphasize the advantages of an Olympics in the Western Hemisphere. His next trip was to Scandinavia, where he plugged the idea of a simple Olympics to thrifty Swedes and Norwegians. Cushing and Haseltine took on other European I.O.C. representatives. *The Soft Sell. By the time the crucial meeting convened...
Members of the Permanent Class Committee from the seven houses and Dudley were announced last night. The newly elected members are: Richard H. Weller of Adams House and Pelham Manor, N.Y. Weller has served on the Adams House Committee and is a member of the Catholic Club. Albert E. Yellin of Dudley and Milton, Mass. Yellin is a member of the Dudley House Committee, the HYRC and the Pre-Medical Society. He also is active in House athletics...
RICHARD H. WELLER, Adams; Freshman track; House Committee; House Social Affairs Committee; Catholic Club; Regular NROTC...
Adams: Peter A. A. Berle, Edward B. Dunn, Richard H. Hahn, George A. Hasiotis, and Richard H. Weller. Dunster: Warren J. Illif. Dudley: Frank R. Saia, and Albert E. Yellin...