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...varsity eight dropped an especially close contest to Yale on the Elis' home waters of the Housatonic. The Black and White (8-2 overall, 6-1 Ivy) came up short by a three-seat length and a 1.4-second margin to fall out of first place in the Ivy League...
Until 1960, the declines in the ages of puberty and marriage roughly mirrored one another; the length of the teen years did not increase. From 1850 to 1950, the average age of the onset of puberty declined steadily, from 16 to 13, for girls. Pubescence among boys has consistently begun about a year later...
Allowing teen-agers to assume the responsibilities of adulthood when they are biologically ready will reduce the length of the "teen" years and encourage the formation of responsible adults at a younger age. Ironically, this measure can itself further the cause of social stability which moralistic social critics seek to strengthen by mere rhetoric. Certainly, an educational system which complements and responds to physical maturation must be superior to one which ignores or seeks to contradict that growth...
Thirty seconds later at the 8:08 mark, Harvard defenseman John Gates scooped up the ball deep in his own zone. His eyes were set on the opposite end of the field and off he went. Charging the length of the field, the long-stick defender fired home his first goal of the year...
Washington gained its lead in the first 500 meters of the race and maintained its half-length margin over Radcliffe (7:08.82) to finish with a 7:05.52 time...