Word: finalist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nobody tried to talk us out of entering," reported Margot Dannes '57, a finalist in 1953. "But one of the deans did say to me, 'I'm surprised to see you in this.' I don't think it entailed any trouble and it was a lot of fun," she says...
...similar idea was expressed by Gayle Belking '58, a finalist in the contest. "We enjoyed it and didn't find it interfered with out time." But she thinks that the first week of school is not the best time for such a contest...
...want to criticize the Radcliffe administration for ending the contest," remarks finalist Edith A. Grossman '57, "but the contest brought me nothing but pleasure. And I wouldn't have considered winning it a hardship...
...Denver-born John Browning, 23, and Poland's Andrzej Czajkowski (pronounced Tchaikovsky), 20. On the advice of Manhattan's Leon Fleischer, who won the last piano Concpurs, Browning chose Brahms's Concerto No. 2 for his big selection, playing it stunningly, and he was the first finalist to bring order out of the Defossez chaos. Czajkowski reminded observers of Chopin (he is attractive to women and prefers composing to playing) and amused them with his jokes. But his playing was no joke to his intense competitors...
...Crimson junior varsity finished by abouttwo lengths in the qualifying heat, trailing Cornell, the eventual J.V.Sprints winner, and M.I.T. Cornell was clocked at 6:54.6. The Crimson heavyweight freshman boat, a surprise finalist according to seedings, finished fifth behind Navy, Yale, Princeton, and Penn. Navy covered the course...