Word: crosses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conant discussed the idea again, before the Harvard Club of New York the same month that his original proposal appeared. Again he emphasized the importance of the inter-departmental, intellectual cross-fertilization, of getting "university-minded men" to help counteract the divisive effect of Harvard's size, of commissioning "outstanding scholars who would be free to roam about the entire university...
Fortunately for both Hollister and Fisher, they were standing directly underneath the elevator's one cross-beam, which saved them from being crushed by the debris. "We were really pretty lucky," Hollister admits...
Tayler attributes the fast start of this year's program to what he calls "increased spirit in the Yard." This showed itself again in the November cross-country meet when 121 freshmen--more than 10 per cent of the class--competed in the race. The figure was 50 higher than the previous record...
...first, competition was limited to these seven sports: crew, baseball, cross country, football, handball, tennis, and track. Instead of giving trophies to the winners of each competition, it was decided to divide a single trophy into three parts, each representing a season--fall, winter, and spring. The three existing freshman dorms, Smith Hall, Gore Hall, and Standish Hall--now parts of Kirkland and Winthrop Houses--became contenders for the award. Points were given not only to the winners in each sport, but also to the dorms with the greatest number of residents earning their freshmen numerals for playing in intercollegiate...
...Cross requires signed permission slips from parents of donors under 21. Past experience at PBH had indicated that only a little more than half of the permission slips sent to parents of pledgees in October, would be returned, Lyss added...