Word: hering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unfortunately, the contest was also distinguished in a different and uglier way. It is necessary to say here that The Lampoon put on a brutish display of calculated poor sportsmanship. Even the 'Poon's most hardened critics were appalled at her vicious effort to avoid defeat.
Old oarsmen lined the shores, cheering as the sculling Crimeds, unpracticed since they retired the Janiero Cup on the Tagus last year, clocked the astonishing time of 4:22.3 over the measured mile. As one veteran, himself once known as "the Jim Thorpe of rowing"--exclaimed, "These youngsters have shown...
But the simplicity and informality of University 17 disguises the weight of concern and responsibility present in the offices of the Admissions and Scholarship Committee on the two floors above. Here decisions are made which will affect not only Harvard's student body, but the composition of other Ivy League...
For the most part, the admissions responsibility is one of control, of "keeping the lid on the pressure cooker" as one dean phrases it. There is general agreement about the kinds of students Harvard wants to come here, but the difficulty comes in preserving a balance of types, keeping serving...
One of the most concerned about this problem is Richard King, Assistant Director of Admissions and Scholarships, who has mapped out, statistically, Harvard's journey toward the upper-income brackets. With college costs now at a level equal to 50 per cent of many lower-income bracket family incomes, a...