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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Many English rowing enthusiasts felt that this year's Henley would be a real test for English rowing, which traditionally is based on a different style and on shorter and more formal training periods than is American collegiate rowing. Rather than row steadily and then pull to a fast finish, British crews tend to start with a "rush" and try to exhaust their opponents with a fast opening pace...
...Hynek, who has been working with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in its Satellite-Tracking Program, was granted a leave of absence from Northwestern until September, 1960 in order to finish his work here...
...varsity, Fitzgerald and Mark Mullin are rated slightly beter than Bushman. To take the meet, however, the Crimson must break up the possible UMass domination of positions just below the top. Jack Benjamin, Ralph Perry, Don Kirkland, and Tony Field should be able to finish in the first ten. Kirkland, especially, may do well on the four and one-half mile UMass course, since the longer layouts at Franklin Park and New York placed a larger premium on endurance and experience...
Standards at North American College are high: 30% of the class usually fails to finish. As a training ground for U.S. Catholic hierarchy, the college's record is spectacular; of 1,900 priests graduated in the past 100 years, 115 have become bishops, one became a Trappist abbot, and six (sole survivor: New York's Spellman) later wore the cardinal...
...question remains: what has happened to the team's morale? After an unbelievable loss to Cornell many thought the Crimson would throw in the towel. Not so. Angered at the loss, and more anxious than ever to finish among the top, the Crimson went through two of its most spirited drills on Tuesday and Wednesday. It will be hard to stop in its quest for its first...