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...recorded four tackles...Penn edged Brown 20-16 to remain undefeated in the Ivy League. Sam Mathews scored on a two-yard touchdown run with 50 seconds left to give the Quakers the lead. Should each win this weekend, Harvard and Penn will duel for the Ancient Eight crown...
...varsity heavyweights didn’t share the lightweights’ luck against Princeton. The Tigers dominated the women’s varsity heavyweight event, finishing first amongst intercollegiate crews yesterday. The Dutch rowing club ASR Nereus bested Princeton by two seconds for the overall crown, and Yale finished third...
Washington was willing to refuse a crown, but he was exasperated by Thomas Jefferson's and James Madison's aversion to federal power. His experience during the war with Britain, when a rudderless Continental Congress left his army chronically short of supplies, convinced him of the need for a government strong enough to pursue national purposes. But as Ellis sees it, Washington's views were also "projections onto the national screen of the need for the same kind of controlling authority he had orchestrated within his own personality." The Father of His Country had first to prevail as master...
Indeed, this weekend’s game will go a long way towards deciding which team finally takes home the Ancient Eight crown...
...national title race was no different: there was Harvard, and there was everyone else. A four-second victory at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships gave the Crimson its second consecutive national crown and an undefeated spring season. The second varsity would take home a silver medal at the IRAs, and the two crews would spend the rest of June preparing for a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta...