Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...CRIMSON, which has somehow acquired a reputation for excessive rigor among its readers, had the same editor on hand for opening night as had previously reviewed the text of the play with deep qualms about the verse. He underwent a positively Pauline conversion. "A great play given a great production has come to Broadway," the Harvard community was told; "one must hang out all the old abused superlatives and this time mean them.... Here is a playright who is not afraid of beautiful literate language, and none too soon. He has rejuvenated the anemic field of Poetic Drama Since Shakespeare...
Also at stake is the Big Three title. The Crimson seeks its first win in the round-robin competition since 1954, when the varsity beat Princeton, 14 to 9, and upset Yale, 13 to 9. The Bulldog team will be trying for its fourth Big Three championship in five years...
...Crimson, The Game is important to its League status, although a 16-6 mistake last Saturday afternoon made first place out of reach. A win would mean a respectable third-place tie with Yale. And a loss--perish the thought--would result in a less than .500 record--no improvement over last year...
From New Haven comes coach Jordan Olivar's boast that he has never sent a Yale team into a game in better shape. After five straight wins and a trouncing over Princeton, his team, an underdog two months ago, is now favored by most observers to beat the Crimson...
...Crimson is ready physically for the big game, with the exception of Bob Pillsbury, whose injury sustained the Princeton game will keep him on the bench. Bruce MacIntyre, who sat out the Brown game, will be available for regular duty as Boulris' substitute and as the team's top punter...