Word: highs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...office's voluminous releases to hometown newspapers, Pittenger maintains, are valuable tools for the enticement of the intelligent, athletically-oriented high school student. Hometown releases, he thinks, have a tremendous influence on secondary school boys "who wonder how the fellow who went to Harvard is doing...
Brown offered Pittenger the post of sports information director in September of 1955, and he stayed there until last July, when he joined the Harvard staff. A prematurely grey man of 34, he finds himself busier than ever in his new surroundings. He works at high pressure, writing releases, compiling statistics, talking to the press, and planning future projects seemingly all at once, and he has developed the knack of talking in quotable quotes...
...regrets are quashed by Sholom Aleichem's story The High School. This last sketch brings together brilliance of acting, direction, and story. Perl, in adopting a technique of surface discontinuity of story, actually heightens the underlying continuity of emotion. Morris Carnovsky plays to perfection the role of a father who can't see why his son should want to go to a gentile school instead of following his tracks into the business. But his wife is determined, and Carnovsky's only strength seems to be his wit; this is sad since his wit is less honed than that...
...presently organized, the group is not, Latham emphasized, a high-pressure type campaign committee for Kennedy. Members at this time include Republicans and non-Kennedy-for-President Democrats, as well as Kennedy supporters...
Actually, soccer should rate high at Harvard. A recent survey by Sports Illustrated placed the sport fifth on the list of "up" games--those that have gained social acceptance in collegiate circles--while football just edged into tenth position. Furthermore, there is a gentlemanly restraint that should appeal to the self-styled sophisticate. When the Crimson lost to Princeton near the end of the season, the defeat was the first after seven wins and three ties, and it seemed sure to knock the varsity out of the Ivy League race. Yet there were no tears, no recriminations, no vows...