Word: contests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...particular Augean stable that 9to5 organizers have taken on, the muck lies deep. Change is slow in coming. The winner of 9to5's "Pettiest Office Procedures Contest" last fall was a man who had his secretary sew up a rip in the seat of his pants while he was in them. ("Men's egos are bigger today," he later explained to The Boston Globe. "Men want that little bit of security that a good secretary provides.") Second prize went to a store manager who asked his clerks to dress up as bumble bees to attract customers into his store...
Although the match score of the Dartmouth contest was lopsided in favor of the Crimson, the top four Harvard racquetmen all had tough matches. John Havens moved up to the number one slot and defeated Pete Renner 3-1. Havens lost his first game 16-18 before sweeping the next three games...
With Dartmouth sprint star Helen Hemminger pacing the Green assault, Dartmouth jumped out to a 42-19 lead mid-way through the contest. Hemminger had three individual firsts and a team first with the Dartmouth medley relay squad. She also set new pool records each time she entered the water...
With Harvard's defense shutting off any MIT attempts to mount an offense, the contest began to fall into a monotonous pattern: a Harvard steal followed by a Harvard shot followed by another Harvard steal...
...Bordley was pinned for the first time in three years by the Guard's undefeated 177 pounder, Mark Kowalski. Bordley took his revenge against Engineer Hoyt Davidson by pinning him at 4:35 in the 177-Ib. MIT contest...