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...family legend, the Teapot Dome scandal of 1924 fixed Nixon's determination-he was eleven at the time -to become a "lawyer who can't be bought" (his mother wanted him to become a missionary). During a high school summer he worked as a carnival barker at the Slippery Gulch Rodeo in Prescott, Ariz.; upon his graduation, the local Harvard Club voted him "best all-around student," but Nixon turned down the chance to apply for a Harvard scholarship and went to Whittier College instead-early intimations of anti-Eastern-liberal-establish-mentarianism perhaps? At Whittier he helped...
...finishes for Harvard were: 2) Spengler, 7) Quirk, 9) Barker, 11) Seals, and 17) Connolly. Only 57 seconds separated them...
...difference this afternoon was essentially the toughness of the Crimson's sophomores during the middle part of this course, which has been a continual source of frustration for them with its hills and winding paths. George Barker, John Quirk, and Mark Connolly all moved well through those sections to provide Harvard the depth which led to victory...
...hills, Ritson fell way back, ending his team's chance for a victory. Seals also fell back after two miles, but the three Crimson sophomores, especially Barker, who took over the fifth spot, more than compensated for the places he lost...
Harvard's John Quirk hung back during the middle of the race and then moved toward the end. passing about five runners and finishing fifth. Meanwhile, Tom New, George Barker, and Howie Foye jockeyed for position with Princeton's Bill Good, Tom Yunck, and Eric Bates...