Word: wesleyans
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Record. In Middletown, Conn., Wesleyan University Junior Eugene J. Frechette Jr. breathed deeply for three minutes, took three breaths of oxygen, then sat purple-faced, breathless, like-to-bust, for 20 min., 5 sec. When he finally let go, he had broken the known world's record...
This program was adopted last week by 375 appointed representatives of 30-odd denominations called together at Ohio Wesleyan University by the Federal Council of Churches. Every local Protestant church in the country will now be urged to get behind the program. "As Christian citizens," its sponsors affirmed, "we must seek to translate our beliefs into practical realities and to create a public opinion which will insure that the United States shall play its full and essential part in the creation of a moral way of international living...
...Harvard wrestlers, Ted Guild and Captain Dick Thomas gained titles of New England Wrestling Champions by winning their class competition in the N. E. tourney at Wesleyan Friday and Saturday...
...team, the five Varsity men entered secured third place for the Crimson among the 10 colleges entered. Wesleyan was dethroned by Yale for the informal championship...
Guild's victory in the 121-pound class and Thomas' defeat of defending champion Heironomus in the 155 marked the first time in recent years that Harvard has taken any championships in the meet. Tom Rogstad lost to VanderClute of Wesleyan in the heavyweight finals. Other Crimson Varsity entries were Doug Burns, Hal Tine, and Lee Sosman...