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...Sigma Chis at Colorado State have invented a sweetheart of a sport. They call it "parachute riding," and it works like this: first a parachute is laid out on the ground with all the shroud lines straight; then it is harnessed to the rider, who stands, sits or stretches out on a flat piece of heavy cardboard. Helpers then lift the chute so that it can fill with wind-all the while chanting "Come and help, Gus!" (the name for springtime gusts in the Rockies)-and away the rider goes over the grass on his cardboard chariot at speeds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fads: Leave the Riding to Gus | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

...some extent Chis Cerf and the groovers at the Castle have done this, and where they most closely identify with the rich rock 'n roll heritage, they have been most successful. But the failures stem from more than irrelevance. The lyrics suffer from complexity and a lack of really funny lines. They try too hard to be cute and end up pompous. The average rock 'n roll hit does not usually have more than one or two verses of any consequence, and often there are little more than a dozen major words in the whole song. (A recent, but almost...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Close Harmony, Few Notes | 3/23/1962 | See Source »

...boat to 35. The Middle shell-which had been Coach Rusty Callow's third eight until this race-was two lengths ahead at the finish. Its time was 8:48.8, while the Crimson's was 8:56.8. The Jayvee boat included Dan Simonds at bow, Ned Bliss at two, Chis Halle at three, Bob Monks at four, Pete Simonds at five, Lee Rouner at Six, Al Dann at seven, Wheeler at stroke, and Ted Crowther...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Edges Heavies but Yard Crew Wins Third | 5/11/1953 | See Source »

...varsity beating: bow, Frank Huntington; 2, Phil DuBos: 3, Chis Halle; 4, Lee Rouner; 5, Dick Darrell; 6, Bob Monks; 7, John Atherton; stroke, Neddy Bliss; cox, Al Lefkowitz...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Six Crews Open Season With Races On Charles | 4/25/1953 | See Source »

...Campus. Before Louis Johnson's arrival, university politics had been dominated by the upper-crust fraternities. Louis soon changed all that, at least for his day. The Betas, the Dekes, the Sigma Chis would all have been delighted to accept the big, aggressive kid with the curly black hair and determined chin. But Louis became a Delta Chi, organized a merger of lesser fraternities and non-fraternity men and began winning student elections with monotonous regularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Master of the Pentagon | 6/6/1949 | See Source »

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