Word: hep
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dick Howe recovered from a cold night, sprinted out with the leaders, but fell back to 71st place. As with everyone but Baker. Howe's time was off his Hep's mark. Tim "Spider" McLoone dragged himself in 80th and Kentuckian John Heyburn crossed the line 107th, consigning Harvard to its lowly finish...
...Hep to the Hips...
...term derives from the pre-World War II jitterbug adjective "hep": to be "with it"; hep became "hip" (in noun form, "hipster") during the bebop and beatnik era of the 1950s, then fell into disuse, to be revived with the onslaught of psychedelia. *A 14th century English troubadourian vision, the Land of Cockaigne was inhabited by precooked "larks well-trained and very couth who cometh down to man his mouth." The larks were eaten by hooded monks, who prayed through psychedelic church windows that "turn themselves to crystal bright." A new U.S. postage stamp of Thoreau, designed by Painter Leonard...
...Manhattan's Rainbow Grill, high in the 70-story RCA Building. Typical of his sentimental sojourns into jazz in recent years, it created a momentary illusion that nothing much had changed. The dancers were mostly of the generation that grew up with him back when cats were hep instead of hip. The tunes were such period favorites as Don't Be That Way and Stompin' at the Savoy. Goodman's clarinet sound, although it missed some of the fiery flow of earlier years, was as limpid and nimbly melodic as ever...
Steve Schoonover in the pole vault and Frank Haggerty in the 440 hurdles are favored over strong cadet opponents. In the 440, Dave McKelvey, Jeff Huvelle, and Frank Snowden give Harvard its best chance for a sweep. Harvard's 440 and mile relay teams are Hep champs but will face tough challenges from the cadets...