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Since its founding in 1935, Dudley--known to many students only as a brick building up the street from Cronin's--has been the focal point of activities for non-resident students. Renovated in that year to accommodate 250 men, it now has 450 members, about one-third of whom regularly eat lunch there and use its game facilities...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: Commuters Fight for Equal Status | 12/13/1951 | See Source »

...Focal point of the mythical "decline" of Harvard athletics has been the nation-wide tendency to judge a college's entire athletic picture by the record of its football team. Football coach Lloyd Jordan, formerly of Amherst, took this department over a year ago and launched into the tedious process of building for the future--trying to shape a team that can compete on the same level with its traditional opponents...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin. jr., | Title: Record Proves Harvard Sports 'Decline' a Myth | 9/12/1951 | See Source »

Robert Delaney's "John Brown's Song", the focal point of the program, was first introduced by G. Wallace Woodworth, previous head of the Harvard Glee Club, 20 years ago. Mr. Forbes, who thinks "the piece is a beauty" is reviving it now for the first time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chorus Will Sing Modern, Baroque Music in Sanders | 8/9/1951 | See Source »

...British? Mossadeq stands on a single plank: oil nationalization. That issue had become the focal point of every political passion, every instinct of discontent in the country. How sound an issue does Mossadeq have against the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Dervish in Pin-Striped Suit | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

...Harvard athletics are at a low ebb, both from the student and the alumni point of view, and one reason is the lack of a focal point. People think Harvard is a cold place because it doesn't provide normal facilities for athletes, like the very fine clubhouses at Yale and Cornell. The new Varsity Club will cure this condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbuilt New Varsity Club Has Its 1st Anniversary | 5/15/1951 | See Source »

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