Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard Gets Break in Draw...
...University track team received the first break in the 1926 H-D-C Triangular meet. In the draw for places held at the Harvard Club the day before the meet, Lundell, the Crimson entry in the 300-yard dash, drew the pole, which gave him the advantage of starting in the inside lane at the expense of Glendenning of Dartmouth and Captain Russell of Cornell. However, the results of the draw divided the advantage evenly on the whole, with the exception of the coverted pole in the 300. The possession of the latter made the University a slight favorite over...
...although this year's cubs went through it without a defeat this team was unusually strong. Exeter and Andover are rivals of old standing with the Freshmen, and practically always provide a stiff battle. Last fall it was only after three scoreless periods that 1931 was finally able to break through the fighting Exeter team. The Worcester team which has been unusually strong in the last few years, held the Freshman gridiron men to a scoreless tie. The list as follows is subject to the approval of the Athletic Committee...
...article attempting to break down sales resistance on the part of lukewarm candidates for the ministry was contributed to the North American Review by the Right Reverend James Henry Darlington, of the Episcopal diocese of Harrisburg, Pa. The Christian Century summarized the Bishop's sales-talk as follows...
...evenings. To a University where undergraduate politics is so noticably lacking, a breath of national politics, especially in a year of Presidential election, brought added enthusiasm both to those who found public issues fascinating and to those who merely longed for a chance to trade ballots, swing delegations, and break deadlocks. The few hard-working organizers provided excellent entertainment, a platform was perfunctorily adopted, and with the "nomination" of candidates, national politics at Harvard was adjourned until the following autumn...