Word: herbs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson jayvees will line up with Wally Bregman and Dave Silverman at ends, Pete Maloney and Baird Pfahl at guards, Tony Caimi and Herb Grossman at tackles, Captain Buzz Vonderlage at center, Joe Conzelman or Walt Greeley at quarterback, Dinney Finney and Bob Alpert at halfbacks, and Lee Markov in the fullback post...
...interesting to note in connection with your article on the herb, gromwell, that the scientific name Lithospermum officinale may well be translated "stone sperm." This would indicate that the taxonomist who tacked the name to the species was aware of its fertility-inhibiting properties...
...appears that the name was given to the herb by Joseph Pitton Tournefort [1575-1626], an eminent botanist of the pre-Linnaean era. Tournefort, it may be noted, studied medicine for two years; could it be that in Europe the qualities were known as well as they were to the Shoshone Indians...
Eliot's powerhouse rolled over Dunster 13 to 0 in the other league game. Fred Rhinelander and Ed White scored for the Elephants. Dunster fought hard all the way, with Ed Cohen, Herb Hoffman, and Jeff Ball standing out on defense...
Jordan devoted yesterday's practice to working his first offensive and defensive units against the junior varsity. Sophomores Herb Collins, a wingback, and Paul Murphy, a tailback, ran frequently with the first two offensive backfields...