Harvard President James B. Conant '14 says he has no plans to run in the 1948 U.S. Presidential race, despite prompting by colleagues. "Somebody is always running me for something," Conant tells The Crimson. "At one time I was No. 7 in the list of America's best dressed men. It must have been a mistake."

October 31, 1946

Under pressure from the Student Council, seven house masters agree to standardize rules allowing parental visits. The Council had complained that "lack of uniformity in regulations from House to House encourages Violations in that small, chronic group of offenders."

November 2, 1946

The Crimson loses its first football game of the year to Rutgers, 13-0, lifting what Boston Whammy" from the team's shoulders.

November 6, 1946

Salaries for College Faculty are increased to $3,000 yearly for full-time teaching fellows and $4,500 for junior Faculty.

November 11, 1946

Thomas H. West Jr. '50, missing for two weeks, notices his own picture in a missing-persons report in a Boston newspaper. The student's discovery ends what he claims was a two-week amnesic attack that took him as far as Jacksonville, Fla., under an assumed name.

November 14, 1946

Appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy Harlow Shapley charges Rep. John E. Rankin (D-Miss.) with using "Gestapo" tactics in his management of the committee.

November 20, 1946

Amid a storm of protest, Director of Athletics William J. Bingham '16 defends his decision to limit students to two tickets each for the Yale game, which he predicts will be a sell-out.

November 23, 1946

Despite two quick Crimson touch-downs, Yale defeats Harvard 27-14 in the 63rd annual game. Attendance was so heavy that cars blocked streets for half a mile up Mass. Ave.