Word: lead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...times, according to reports from Hanover, and Andrews is expected to take the event. R. P. Porter '29 is counted on to repeat his last year's performance and take second place. One of the Harvard breaks in the meet may occur in the 1000, as Porter might possibly lead the way across the finish line. The other Crimson point will be gained by either A. M. Vinton '30 or G. W. Smith '29, two of the University "dark horses...
...showing up well during the cross-country and winter seasons and are considered capable of coping with the other Cornell threats, Eldridge and Levering. Should Benson, however, withdraw from the mile, a clean sweep for the Crimson runners is quite likely. Under such circumstances, the Cornell champion might well lead Reid across the finish line, but even this upset would not alter the point total to any great degree. Leslie Flaksman '29, who finished a short distance behind Reid in the two mile last year, may safely be counted on for third position...
...Saturday the University Class B team won the championship of the Massachusetts squash league competition, when it defeated Lincoln's Inn Society 3 to 2. The winners won 35 games during the season, and lost only 10; they maintained a lead of at least five games on the second-place University Club throughout the competition...
...first quarter of the contest was loosely played and at the end of it each team had piled up 12 points. Hebron depended on a fast offense, laying little stress on its defense; consequently Harvard had jumped into a six point lead when the whistle blew for the intermission...
Many private institutions have already taken the lead in this field and with the current discussion of state institutions, brought to a head by Little's resignation from the presidency of Michigan University, some action which will raise the entrance requirements of state universities is highly probable in the future. In any case it seems hardly fair to criticise the business man for taking a college degree as representing a standard of intelligence above the average. The question is more one which demands action from our educator more than from the general public...