Word: eights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...George travelled this route of cheerful drudgery until the Mississippi school graduated him a promising scholar eight years later. He was remembered after George Peabody College in Nashville gave him a more genteely-earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. He returned to State Teachers College at Hattiesburg with the rack of professor, and in 14 years made the climb to the presidency...
Settling down to the first of five hard workouts before the crucial clash with Navy on the Severn this Saturday, the Varsity eight showed good from in a five-mile spin on the Charles yesterday. Rowing at a 24 and 26 count most of the way, the Bollesmen were put though several sprinting paces. There were no changes in the boatings...
Competition among the House crews for the Agassiz Cup begins this afternoon at 5 o'clock when the oarsmen of eight houses meet in two hears over the Henley distance on the Charles to determine the qualifiers for the finals on Thursday...
...Varsity fifties eight but Jayvee sweepers set up a new course record on Lake Carnegie. Bob Homas' smooth stroking of the Crimson boat accounted for a 6:54.2 winning time over the Yale and Princeton seconds...
Just as sensational, though perhaps not as spectacular, was the Crimson victory by Sophomore George Downing in the 16 pound shot. Downing three times broke the meet record, and his final throw of 48 ft., 9 7/6 in. Surpassed the record set by Johny Dean in 1934 by eight inches. He failed by 3/8 of an inch, however, to break Dean's all-time Harvard record...