Word: agee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Boston's action shines forth as an encouraging example of what can be done in an age when automobiles are getting sleeker, and parking space prospects bleaker. In New York, car lots have arisen on steel legs toward the heavens. Boston, not to be outdone, is going in the opposite direction. Yet Cambridge--and particularly the College--seems to be caught in the middle, getting nowhere, and in its own good time...
Smart is the first to admit that there will be cagier seamen than he in the competition even though he's been handling the tiller according to one Nantucket legend since the tender age of six. But "there's only so much skill in handling a boat, and from there Lady Luck takes over," he says...
Only one thing worries him: that because of his age, he might not live to see his building completed. Says he: "If we can create ... a place where young people can meditate on great thoughts, and by that means give the world . . . another Dante, another Shakespeare, another Browning-we will count the cost a bargain...
...constitutes almost as aromatic a memory of the Ziegfeld era as the Follies themselves. Anyone seeing it on Broadway last week must have guessed, if he did not know, that it had once been a great hit (1920-35). But though Sally still has an air, it shows its age...
...establishment of Yard intramurals should show results that improve with each year. Although Freshman interest in such a program is now high, officials who are mulling over plans should not expect the Class of '52 to usher in the golden age, just as they can hardly devise a foolproof scheme without some trial and error. But whatever system is finally decided upon, a fully-realized program of Yard sports will give new life to Freshman activities in general, as well as to inter-House athletics...