Word: grinds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dung fire, melted the snow for drinking water, and prodded Simon on when he tired of hacking away at the mountainside. When he finally struck the rich lode that became the fabulous La Salvadora mine, she helped load the sacks with ore, bring it down on llama-back, and grind it on a millstone...
...most widely held theory, to explain this year's spurt, is a search for outdoor sport to break the winter grind with the books. "Studies are cramping," says Grace Tuttle '49. "Even on a nearby ski slope, college seems miles away." There's nothing like it to restore tired tissues after a round of examinations, says Betty Crowley '49. And Georgette Haigh '49 thinks that skiing provides the balance between study and recreation that is demanded by the new type of college girl...
...year-old sunburnt peasant boy from Val d'Isère-was the only person to win two gold medals in 1948's winter Olympics. He hurtled a snow-covered slope to win the men's downhill, and won the Alpine Combined event, too. Swedes kept grinding out victories-in the Pentathlon, the 10,000-meter speed skating, the 18-, 40-and 50-kilometer ski races. No U.S. skier was up to the rugged 50-kilometer (30¼-mile) grind through the Alps...
...December 18, 1947 Bill Barelay's varsity basketball team downed Tufts by a score of 53 to 42 in Medford. That was its second and last easy game for almost two months. Since then it has been a long, hard grind through five states and eleven, games. Tonight at 8:45 o'clock the Crimson will have a third breather--the last one on the schedule...
Seniors looking for mid-winter degrees heard nothing from University Hall this week as College departments awaited final term grades before making their recommendations. Meanwhile, records of over 300 students begin the long grind through the University secretarial mill...