Word: benjamin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...varsity's two top men this year include Captain Dyke Benjamin, who won the University handicap race last Friday and who is back for his third year of varsity racing, and Bill Thompson, another senior letterman who has run well in practice and is hoped to be one of the top varsity finishers...
There's something especially nice about the choice of Winthrop House's new senior tutor--nice because the House derives its name from John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony three centuries ago, and because this fact is so often overlooked. But no more. Benjamin W. Labaree, the new senior tutor, is that rare individual--a teacher of colonial history; and even more unlikely, his father teaches in the same field...
...father, Leonard W. Labaree, is Farnham Professor of History at Yale, presently engaged in editing the Benjamin Franklin Papers. So Labaree was born at New Haven, and thence began a journey which has led ultimately to the Winthrop House doorstep--but by the scenic route...
...success of this untried team in its nine meet schedule may rest largely upon the efforts of Captain Dyke Benjamin. A veteran runner who trains conscientiously Benjamin proved he is prepared for the forthcoming Cornell meet by registering the best elapsed time in the open-field University Handicaps run along the Charles last Friday. He covered the four mile course in 18 minutes, 16 seconds...
Will Thompson, another senior letter-man who has been running well in the first two weeks of practice, was a consistent performer with the varsity last year and is expected to run with Benjamin in one of the top three positions...