Word: compton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...should be victory number two for the Heavyweight varsity crew Saturday afternoon when it faces Princeton, M.I.T., Dartmouth, and B.U. in its second and last appearance on the Charles River this year. Even the normally cautious coach, Harvey Love, declared his crew the favorite to retain the Compton Cup tomorrow...
Neither Dartmouth nor B.U. are eligible for the Compton Cup, but they are not expected to offer much excitement either. B. U. finished far behind last Saturday and, based on the close Dartmouth victory over the Crimson in the third varsity race and the similarity of their crews, the Indians will cross the finish line near...
...schedule for the heavyweights begins with the regatta on the Charles River next Saturday. The Compton Cup race on May 2 will also be on the Charles and features M.I.T., and Princeton, with B.U. and Dartmouth as invited guests...
...salaam in the direction of California and Compton College's President Paul Martin for the courage and ingenuity displayed in his attempt to use educational films and TV as one method of solving the current shortage of qualified college professors [Dec. 22]. In the face of the educational hornets' nest that has been stirred up by this undertaking, it might be well to examine the problem more closely...
...characters in The Watsons in "original" directions, for fear they will grow too like the characters in other Austen novels-until honest imitation melts into irresistible parody. It all goes to show the difficulties confronting an author who has been raised in the world of Thurber, Waugh and Ivy Compton-Burnett and must yet deal deadpan with ploys (such as swoons and blushes) of which he has had no experience...