Word: downers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sheriff of Mayberry smartens up and takes over a coed prep school in California. The series' intention, says Griffith, is "to tell it like it is for the young people while remaining palatable to older audiences." The premiere involved a student who refused to pop "uppers" and "downers" like the rest of the kids. The comic relief, provided mostly by the school's bicep-brained athletic director (Jerry Van Dyke), was a downer. As usual, Griffith came off as platitudinous but rather engaging...
...relays, the Crimson lineup will be Colburn, Tom Downer, Enscoe, and Shaw in the Hep mile: Colburn, Downer, Johnson, and John Keating in the distance medley: and Colburn, Enscoe, Shaw, and Spengler in the four-mile on Saturday...
...Crimson is strong in the 440 with John Gillis and Tom Downer, but weak in the sprints...
...Harvard stayed near the leaders, Army and Princeton, throughout the first three legs, and although Tiger anchorman Fred Schnure brought Princeton come first in 3:19.0. Crimson senior Tom Downer edged the Cadet anchorman for second, and the four points Harvard needed...
Despite the closeness of the meet, Harvard had never trailed after Downer and junior John Gillis placed second and fourth in the 600 to thrust the Crimson ahead of Dartmouth, 16-15 after four events...