Word: ely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...machine for picking the seeds out of cotton, first invented by Eli Whitney at Savannah, Ga., in 1793, said to have been the largest single factor in the South's success...
...Crimson freshman quartette has already won one decision over the Eli first year men and is consequently a heavy favorite in tomorrow's meeting. This year's 1931 combination is probably the best polo team to represent the Harvard Freshmen since the establishment of polo as a sport at the University. The Freshmen have twice this Spring defeated the first University group and have maintained a splendid record throughout their winter and spring schedules...
...nine was considered the weakest seen in New Haven in many years. Along in the middle of the season, however, all the speculations on both combinations were upset. It became evident that Harvard certainly did not have an aggregation of championship caliber, and it was equally clear that the Eli diamond strength had been greatly underestimated...
...many able candidates for the third, they wrangled and ballotted 19 times without avail. At last the two leading candidates withdrew their names, a Korean lady made a potent speech and the Methodists elected the 33rd Bishop of the Church by a sweeping majority. He was the famed Rev. Eli Stanley Jones, missionary in India and author of The Christ of the Indian Road. No sooner had he received this honor, ultimate for any Methodist and seldom given to a man only 44 years old, than Dr. Jones declined to accept it. Said...
...Cotton Jr. '29 was the first to score, driving the ball between the uprights early in the first period. J. H. Phipps of Yale, a member of the family which donated the playing field, was the outstanding Blue horseman. He shot the first Eli goal in the second chukker, while L. A. Shaw '30 tallied for the Crimson. Cotton crashed the Yale defense for his second score in the third, giving Harvard a 3 to 1 lead...