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...After spending months and even years fighting overseas, the returning veterans were older than typical college students and not looking for the same type of experience. The '49ers were, overall, an exceptionally studious group of young men determined to improve the post-war world and their prospects...
...Memories of a class divided are what stand out in the minds of many younger '49ers today. Going to school with older and worldlier men, they say, made their experience at Harvard unique...
...They worked hard and they played hard. The '49ers were a group that cared deeply about their academics, their politics--and their sports...
...With the return of students to Harvard, they could once again enjoy the social pleasures that had been denied them during the war. By the time the '49ers were getting ready to graduate, dances, masquerades, and other fun events began making a comeback...
Move over Boston Celtics, New York Yankees and San Francisco 49ers...