Word: contesters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hoopla surrounding whether Bingham would grant the 200 passes has a history. Before the war several thousands of boys found their way eased into each University grid contest. Supervision was casual to say the least; many of the tickets given out were resold by the shrewder, and of the kids who really went to the game, an acquisitive minority stripped up seat boards for sweet nostalgia's sake...
Mavor received a badly sprained ankle in the M.I.T. contest Wednesday and doctors are still uncertain whether he will be ready to face Princeton next Saturday...
...Crimson as slight favorites despite the loss of key men Chief Boston, Torby MacDonald, and Vernon Struck--quarterback, halfback, and fullback respectively. The team had had a good season, winning the opening game 54 to 0 from invading Springfield and losing only once prior to the West Point contest by an unexpectedly lopsided score to Dartmouth in what some analysts termed a startling upset...
...Friday contest will be the first public appearance of the Debate Council this year, although members have been busy for several weeks examining prospective candidates for fall election and arranging schedules for this term and next. Ray Goldberg '48 and Edwin L. Jacob '47 will represent the Crimson home team against Yale in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room at 8:30 o'clock...
...Debate Council team has been scheduled to meet Dartmouth November 6 on a Federal World Government topic, and last year's Oxford contest will be repeated early in January...