CANADA: Winter Queen

McGill University students take the election of their winter carnival queen with deadly seriousness. Last year there were charges that the vote was rigged. This year the student council adopted a foolproof ballot system and appointed dependable poll watchers.

Nominations for the most beautiful, poised and personable coed on the Montreal campus drew 26 names. After a series of interviews, the council narrowed the field to five, assigned a campaign manager to each for the traditional politicking.

Most enterprising campaign manager was Dunbar Rapier, a Negro third-year premedical student, whose candidate was...

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