Word: crew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This is a man's world, but the women refuse to believe it. Ever since Dolly Bloomer's revolution, the girls have been trying to prove their equality with men-and, although always beaten back, they have never given up trying. This time, the Radcliffe crew, fired with the spirit of "Liberte, egalite, and fraternite," is taking up the torch in defiance of man's so-called superior athletic prowess...
...husky 'Cliffe dwellers, determined to show that women are still forces to be reckoned with, are slated to oppose an over-anxious and over-confident Harvard crew, which promises to give the girls a shellacking so hearty that they'll go crying home to momma...
Both camps are dead-sure of victory. Miss O. U. Kidd, Radcliffe '43 (slightly retarded) has come forth with this statement, "What Delilah did to Samson and what Frankie did to Johnnie ain't half of what we're goin' to do to the Crimson crew tomorrow...
Said a usually reliable source (from Newell way), "Women already have entered factories; they are commonly seen as taxi drivers and street car conductors; they have even become doctors and lawyers-they MUST NOT be allowed to invade man's most sacred occupation, crew racing. This movement of incipient revolt must be stopped. Together men of Harvard, the day of glory has arrived...
Some Radcliffe girls may lose their shirts on Saturday if they lose the first annual Haines Trophy race against a combination Harvard civilian crew made up of former members of the first three boats. Radcliffe's coach is getting her Varsity in shape this week by running along the bank shouting pointers...