Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Madison Sayles '27 divided the squad into two groups, "Reds" and "Whites", and in a rather one-sided contest, the "Reds" were victorious by a 4 to 1 score. H. M. Hartnett '30, promising captain of the team, starred for the winners...
...Eagan asked the chairman for permission to read a letter. He read: "Because of ill health and on advice of physicians I resign as leader of Tammany Hall. George W. [Washington] Olvany." Silence. Looks. Leader Olvany, present, said nothing.* Followed then days of consternation, for a New York mayoralty contest looms. Nearly every district leader hoped for the succession. Meanwhile to Surrogate James A. Foley everyone, including Alfred E. Smith and James J. Walter looked for advice...
...such at test. Yale would not dispute the point, because it is not worth a tinker's damn. It provides a source of raillery for Harvard undergraduates to use against their Yale friends: it probably also makes certain Harvard professors quite satisfied with their ability. But the "brain contest" does not alter the fact that each is a great University, proceeding along somwhat different lines. Each aims to produce men who will lead world thought not those who can score highest in a three-hour examination offering scant room for original effort...
...insinuate that the title-holders have boasted of their victory is far from our purpose. Harvard feels that the contest provides an interesting comparison of educational methods and results. Yale does not feel that any definite results can be determined. The omission of the contest from this year's program of news items for the profit of the press should turn out to be a wise move. --Yale News...
Harvard's team tonight will be composed of A. L. Raffa ocC. J. E. Willard '30, and H. A. Wolff '29. None of these men appeared in Thursday's contest, but each has spoken previously this year. As a whole, this group is considered one of the University's strongest...