Word: backed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teach in the University Hall basement classroom in the 1858-9 term. He had a touchy habit of listing his agenda for the day on the blackboard and hiding it with a curtain so as not to distract his young men in class. Then he would whip the curtain back dramatically and pompously at the right time in the recitation period...
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...long run, Harvard men hurt themselves by not doing the reading. Girls are always "miles ahead in competence and conscientiousness," Morris states. This fact shows up on examinations. Morris explains that he always grades blue books anonymously, folding back the covers so he cannot see who wrote the exam. Yet he can almost invariably tell whether the writer is a girl or a boy. One factor is writing ability, which tends to favor the girls. Another is the fact that, due to difference in study habits, boys' examinations tend to be "uneven." A Harvard student often "hits" one essay question...
...Back from a successful Florida trip with a new spirit of "togetherness," the varsity track squad has the potential and the depth to make its followers forget about the dismal winter season just ended. The team returned from the South with a surprisingly large number of new-found assets and its smallest injury list since last December...
...would be heartening for those who watched him struggle through a miserable winter campaign. Trying harder in each race at the unfamiliar 600-yard distance, Gordon actually got worse as the season wore on. But he is a great competitor and a fine runner; he should come back. Art Cahn in the 880 and Jed Fitzgerald in the mile seem ready for some fine efforts...