Word: kirklanders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kirkland House was officially declared the winner of the Straus Trophy last night with a grand total of 1717 3/4 points, a new record in the 20-year competition for the trophy. The Deacons cinched their victory last Friday by capturing first place in House track...
Winthrop finished second in the final scoring with 1606 3/4 points while Dunster, who has won the trophy for the last four years, slipped to third place this year with a total of 1403 3/4. Following the Funsters, Lowell, Adams, Eliot, Leverett, and Dudley finished in that order. Kirkland's victory this year marks the ninth time that they have won the trophy...
...Friday's track meet, Adams dominated the first place winners with seven, but it was the Deacons' depth in all events that eventually won the meet for them. Kirkland actually had only one first place, in the javelin, but it was the only House to score in every event. It finished with 57 points, 5 ahead of second place Adams. Winthrop, Lowell, Eliot, and Dunster were the also-rans. Dudley and Leverett did not score...
...Winthrop won the discus with a toss of 107 feet, 7 inches. Frank Weller of Adams won the broad jump with a leap of 19 feet, 10 1/2 inches while Greg Stone took first place in the shotput at 51-3. Bob Travis won the only first place for Kirkland by taking the javelin with a throw of 157 feet, 10 inches. Frank Weller also won the high jump at 6 feet, 1 3/4 inches a new record in house competition...
...refugee is Charles Fenyvesi, who was approved yesterday as the second Hungarian to enter Kirkland by a committee of faculty members connected with the House. He traveled to Cambridge early this week for an interview with the group. He was chosen over several other applicants for his "intelligence, quickness, command of the language, and command of himself," Carl Kaysen, associate profesor of Economics, and chairman of the interviewing committee, said last night...