Word: burnings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...epigraph, the author quotes Dylan Thomas' splendid hymn to his dying father: "Do not go gentle into that good night. / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage rage against the dying of the light. . . ." Perhaps Simone de Beauvoir's rage against death was, as it explicitly was for Dylan Thomas, a form of prayer...
...freshman heavyweights will have the toughest challenger this weekend, as they go against Penn and Navy in Philadelphia. Coach Ted Wash burn said yesterday that Penn's freshman heavyweight crew is rumored to be beating the varsity boat regularly. Navy's plebe boat, usually a slow starter each season, beat Cornell last week, which may indicate that the Middies are jelling earlier than usual...
...knowledge is overemphasized, students are merely vessels; then they can open the trap and flush it all into blue books. We have intellectual athletes exercising great muscles in the making of intellectual doilies." This may be "the age of the big cool," says Athos, but the good teacher must "burn...
...decadence in the face without seeing it. If London today reminds you of Shakespeare's London, why? Shakespeare's London was animated by patriotism born of the achievements of Elizabethan sea captains. What victories do Londoners celebrate today? All the turned-on young men and women will burn out as quickly as a light bulb of British manufacture...
...team lost its top two men in the 880, but this should be a strong event nonetheless thanks to the incredible development of sophomore Trey Burns. Burn's best half-mile time last year was 1:55.3; this winter he suddenly developed into one of Harvard's best middle-distance runners ever, turning in a 2:10.4 1000-yard run. Junior Jim Smith provides depth in the event...