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Word: crewed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pound crew, having rowed to the greater glory of Harvard for thirty-five years, has requested that its status be changed to that of a major sport. If time and energy spent were the only criteria, there would be no question that it deserves a major sport status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big H | 1/9/1958 | See Source »

...Undergraduate Athletic Council has, however, a long list of conditions which a sport must satisfy before consideration is given to such a promotion. Among these is the stipulation that there be sufficient spectator interest, the only area in which the lightweight crew has a weak case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big H | 1/9/1958 | See Source »

...would be unfortunate to insist too strongly on a sport's appeal when considering a request for a major "H". If the Department of Athletics is willing to spend a great deal of money on crew and a large number of students gladly devote nine months to it, the administration should contribute what it can in the realm of official recognition and support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big H | 1/9/1958 | See Source »

...lightweight crew is in no way a junior varsity and its members deserve a major letter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big H | 1/9/1958 | See Source »

Died. Captain George Black ("Dod") Orsborne, 54, bearded British soldier of fortune; of a heart attack; in Belle-Isle, France. Sea Dog Orsborne joined the Royal Navy at 14, fought in two world wars, in 1936 stole a 30-ton trawler, the Girl Pat, and with crew of three sailed 5,000 miles down the African coast and across the Atlantic, for his feat earned an 18-month jail sentence. Tracing Charles Darwin's 19th century world voyage in the Beagle, Orsborne in 1951 sailed the ketch Argosy from England, ended his trip abruptly in Trinidad when arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 6, 1958 | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

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