Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that, a year or two ago, Harvard was faced with the problem of catching up with its Ivy competitors is ironical. For Harvard was perhaps the first college to introduce such a policy. In 1931. President Conant's National Scholarship program represented the biggest step ever taken by an Eastern school to become a "national college." One of the program's major aims, according to Conant, was to "present the advantages of Harvard in places where Harvard is not so obvious"--chiefly in the West...
Vacation over, '27 came back for his last term of residence. One of the more pleasing aspects of the Spring Term was the hockey team, which was sweeping over Dartmouth and Yale for the Eastern title. In the game against Notre Dame, won 7 to 0, '27 saw the strange sight of a Boston crowd cheering the Crimson as the ice became a Donnybrook. The track team was also winning, with Ellsworth Haggerty and Al Miller continuing to pace the field. The squash team beat Yale and took another national title...
...Junior, in fact, was just beginning to come to his own in the College's activities. John F. W. Whitbeck, captain of the tennis team, again captured the University tournament. A strong track team led by Juniors Alfred Miller and Ells worth Haggerty dominated the indoor Eastern tracks and won the IC AA indoor championship. The debating team tool the measure of Oxford arguing that Socialism "was detrimental to human progress...
...term was a happy one for Harvard athletics. The hockey team skated to victory after victory, smashing Dartmouth to take the Eastern title-William Ellis on was chosen to lead the next year team. As usual, a strong squash squad grabbed the national championship: Herbert N. Rawlins was elected captain for the next season. In the midst of triumph, football hopes soared as Arnold Horween '21, a football hero of a few years back, became the varsity coach...
...cinders, the track team fell to Yale by only one-third of a point and came in third behind Southern California the IC AA meet, held at Soldiers field. The polo squad, with Royal Burnett at three and R. B. Pinkerton as captain, won the Eastern title...