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...spite of his patrician background and private-school education, Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, who was also president of The Crimson, had no trouble reaching out to the common...
...finished with a record of 43-14 overall, scored some key wins last fall, defeating rival Yale 24-31 (lower score wins). Tougher competition will come from the likes of formidable opponents Brown and Northeastern, which the Crimson will face this Friday at Franklin Park, Harvard's home course...
Today both the men and women's cross-country teams will compete against Brown and Northeastern at 4 p.m. at Franklin Park, weather conditions permitting. The Crimson will be scuffing up the turf in the first home meet of the season...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, future president of the United States, described it years later as the greatest disappointment of his life. Someone--he never learned who--had black-balled him, vetoing his membership in the Porcellian Club, at the turn of the century the top rung in Harvard's rigid social ladder. Heartbroken, the young Franklin had to settle for the Fly Club and the Crimson presidency instead...
...Franklin Roosevelt would know better...