Word: elies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John M. Owseichik, center of the strong Yale line which helped to defeat the Crimson Saturday, was elected captain last night of next season's Eli eleven...
...second half had hardly started, however, when Hust smashed over left guard, cut to the right sideline and ran 86 yards for the Eli's second touchdown. The Crimson failed to make a first down after taking the kickoff, forcing quarterback Jack Hennessy to punt from his own 20 yard line. Bill Williams took the punt, and aided by a key block from end Dick Skewes, raced 56 yards down the left sideline for another score...
Instead orf merely passing a step test as Crimson freshmen must, Yale's incoming class is subjected to physical fitness teams, which require proficiency in a standing broad jump (86 inches), push ups (25), sit ups (50), and chins (8). Also the Eli must swim twice the distance (100 yards) Harvard freshmen...
...scores. But for those who might like some serious reading there is little more than disappointment. This is unfortunate, for the News was an interesting paper in its day. Even now, some of its departments are first rate: the photographs show imagination and reproduce beautifully; the sports writers cover Eli's heroes assiduously from the pre-season meeting down to the last sweatstock laundering. Otherwise, the News is engulfed in mediocrity...
This fall, Yale bought property which three New Haven high schools now occupy adjacent to the Eli campus. Under its contract with the city, the university must wait until New Haven builds new high schools before it can take over the buildings and land. This will not be before the summer of 1957 and Yale has made no definite statements concerning the use of this land. However, about the only other large and empty areas adjacent to the campus and suitable for a new college are the Grove Street Cemetery and the New Haven Green; both seem unlikely choices...