Word: lockerful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were of the type born in the University News Office. Seven more were routine coverage of the floods and New Haven politics. Of the nine which showed even a glimmer of reportorial originality, most were concerned with such earth-shaking events as the apprehension of a pilferer in the locker room, or the towing away of large numbers of automobiles by the police. In fact, out of 49 opportunities for constructive reporting, the News scored in only two issues, both stories that Yale was charging student organizations rent for office space in opposition to the policies of other Ivy-League...
Band music blared through halls and locker rooms. Gold lettering on the carved plaques was obscured by heavy chalk slashes, proclaiming: "Beat Yale!" The rubber floor matting announced "Flog the Dog" in foot-high adhesive tape letters. The casual visitor to Dillon Field House would have been overwhelmed. These exhortations, however, were not designed to impress the casual visitor with the atmosphere and spirit at Harvard. Rather, they were directed at the football team, this week going through the practice routine for the last time this season. They were not window dressing appeals to "The Old College Try," but instead...
...referees' locker-room after the game, Bridey admitted that he must have made a mistake, but said he yelled to Bucknell at the time "Fourth and ten" and, no one complained. Harvard coach Lloyd Jordan said, "Everyone makes mistakes, and the referees had their...
...locker room, Swanson said, "I don't know if it hit my side or my hand; it's one of those plays you just can't tell about...
After 18 holes. Ike lunched in the club locker room with Arnold, Allen, and Cherry Hills President David Gordon. President Eisenhower ate hamburgers (the meat only, he skipped the rolls) and a thick slice of raw onion, washed down with a long glass of iced tea. Then he reached over, speared an onion slice from one of his companions' plates and ate that too. There was a half-serious discussion about the indigestibility of raw onion, and Ike remarked that they had once bothered him, but he hadn't been upset by them for a long time...