Word: events
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ford, holder of the world record in the 100-yard event, nosed out Macfadden in the 50 in 22.9 seconds, tieing the accepted national collegiate mark and shattering the Harvard pool record set by Charley Hutter...
Macfadden, profiting on a poor turn by Ford, edged out his rival in the 100 in the good, but not record-breaking, time of 52.1. Blue natators took every other event on the card, but Crimson swimmers, notably Barnes and George Christman, who placed in both the 220 and 440, gave good performances...
Backing up the pair will be Stu Grover '45, the College's outstanding drummer. The event will be aired by the Network from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. The rest of the time they will improvise freely and sitina are solicited...
...those who have left because of the war have been included in the nominations by the Committee, since the positions are mainly honorary and the likelihood of a Class Day for '45, at which the elected men would have specific duties, is not very strong. But in the event that some sort of Commencement is held for the Class in the future the election of the Class Day Committee will be postponed until after the war. The Secretary and Permanent Class Committee will be nominated and chosen later this month...
...Ulenmen fell behind when they lost the first event, the 300 yard medley, then captured the lead and held it by taking first and second place in the 220 yard free style. Captain Johnny Eusden paced the squad by taking firsts in the 50 and 100 yard free styles and by swimming the last leg of the 400 yard relay...