Word: hofstra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hofstra College in Hempstead, L.I., the Crown and Lance fraternity planned its "Hell Week" hazing with care. After a nod of approval from their faculty sponsor, the fun-loving brothers daubed the heads and bellies of seven blindfolded pledges with a noxious mixture of ketchup, mustard, egg yolk and water. The pledges promptly broke out in skin blisters ; one got a badly burned eye. Suspecting that heavyhanded undergraduates had fouled up the recipe with lye or turpentine, the interfraternity council decreed that Hofstra will hereafter have no hazing...
Most Crimson fans were puzzled by the fact that the Crimson could gain only a 4 to 4 tie with lightly-regarded Hofstra, although Harvard later did so well against Maryland and Navy--clubs which had earlier pounded northern powers Dartmouth and Williams...
...Hofstra was only our second game," says Munro. "I think the boys were still a bit stiff. Besides, Hofstra threw up a zone defense; we'd never seen anything like that, and couldn't get our attack going...
After a bruising 4 to 4 tie with Hofstra (besides a 200-mile auto trip), the Crimson showed great speed and team coordination against Maryland. All the Terrapin goals came with Harvard a man short...
Coach Bruce Munro's squad will start the tour Monday against Stevens Tech a Hoboken, N.J. Tuesday the Crimson faces Hofstra at Hempstead, L.I. Both these squads bowed to the varsity last year...