Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...great influx of students who would never have come here without the G.I. Bill presents the strongest threat yet to a Brahmin coolness and a decentralized social way of life that have been refined over 300 careful years. Whether a more rebust House program is feasible and whether increased facilities from the College would help, only experiment can tell. But now, painfully aware that learning can be acquired outside of textbooks as well as within, many an undergraduate is not receiving full value on his Harvard education...
After two full months of practice, the team began swimming against the time clock this week. Coach Bill Brooks announced himself well pleased but declined to make any predictions about his completely untried group...
...mainstays, only one, Dave Shepard, has played on the Varsity before, although both John Knowles and Milton Heath were on last years' informal group. The squad also possesses Adam Foster, with pre-war Freshman team experience; Parker Francis, a senior of considerable ability; and a promising sophomore, Bill wightman, son of Mrs. G. W. Wightman of tennis reknown...
...Bill Currier, a matman at Andover last year, is the leading candidate for the 136-pound class with Walter Perry looking for a position on the squad at the 145-pound weight. Former Milton football captain and an undefeated wrestler there last year, Yardling Rogers is slated to fill the 165-pound class...
...veterans in the College who have an excess over veteran's allowance on the term bill due December 10th should report before Monday, December 9th to Weld Hall, Room 16 if they wish to have the excess charge paid by the Veterans Administration...