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Hard pressed for names for its new Victory ships, the Maritime Commission announced last week that it had named 62 and would ultimately name some 40 more for U.S. colleges. Hard-bitten sailors will soon put to sea in such ivy-crowned vessels as the Harvard Victory, Oberlin Victory, Mt. Holyoke Victory.


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