Word: birching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ross Wales is one of the country's best butterflyers, and, generally, he doubles in the medley. Harvard's Al Birch will have another toughie when he back-strokes against Jan Kubic...
...harangues. Then the Senate can blame the riots on "outside agitators" and avoid spending any money on the slums. A year ago, wrote Baker, a theater script had been rejected as too far-out because it had Khrushchev's nephew defecting to the U.S. and joining the John Birch Society. But life outdid art. "Stalin's daughter defected to the U.S. and joined Sam Levenson and Elia Kazan in the society of bestsellers...
...where he coasted to an easy victory, and did not reappear until the final relay. Murphy, last year's Eastern Seaboard three meter diving champion, won the one meter dive, however, was cancelled because Columbia does not have a three meter board. Marty Chalfie, the junior butterflyer, and Al Birch, the senior backstroker, were recovering from the flu and did not swim...
...usually win. Shrout, Bob Hughes, Pete Adams, and Dan Thompson piled up four quick firsts and, with the meet out of reach for Columbia, Brooks began to use his reserves. With Chalfie out, Columbia won its first event in the 200-yard fly. Sophomore Terry Flanagan substituted for Birch in the backstroke and went a 2:18.3, no record, but good enough for a Crimson first. After John Bragg won the 500-yard freestyle, Brooks benched breaststroker Carl Cummins and Columbia won its second event, the 200-yard breaststroke. Shrout, Adams, and Thompson were back in action for the final...
...Birch, who got his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1932, was elected president of the Geological Society of America for the year of 1964. In addition, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society...