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Word: finally (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House teams swing into the final round of intramural athletics today after a week's layoff for Divisionals, the Deacons seem to have things fairly well in hand, with the tennis championship cinched, the baseball crown practically so, and a 50-50 chance to cop the soft ball title. In golf Kirkland is in a triple tie for second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deacons Cinch Tennis, Lead Baseball, As Spring House Sports Near Finish | 5/17/1938 | See Source »

...advantages of this extra period are such that it is perhaps not out of keeping to ask why nothing has been done in this regard in mid-year and final examinations in courses. For the student the quarter hour is a blessing: he has time to read over the instructions, which are often highly complicated; he has time to make selections where choices are allowed him; he has leisure for brief jottings and outlines of his answers. Nor can this be criticized as leading to a "softening" of the standards, since its effect makes for more orderly and hence more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIME FOR THOUGHT | 5/17/1938 | See Source »

...Yardling team won its fourth contest in seven starts in a final tune-up match before the Yale encounter next Saturday by trouncing the M.I.T. Freshmen 12 to 1 on Coop Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Defeats Hub Aggregation 5-4 at Allston | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Despite the final score, however, the high spot of the afternoon was Alexander Northrop, the 185-pound red-haired captain of the Crimson who steamed around the Stadium track to set records in both the mile and the half-mile, leaving Crimson and Blue competitors alike in the background...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Wins Track Meet With Sprints and Hurdles | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Wins Track Meet With Sprints and Hurdles | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

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