Word: lows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...toward the U.S. for a new array of weapons. To start, Canada will buy the U.S. Lacrosse, a highly mobile artillery rocket with pinpoint accuracy, send the first units to Canadian NATO forces in Germany. The army also likes the U.S. Hawk ground-to-air missile for defense against low-flying planes, wants other U.S. missiles for antitank weapons. Eventually, Canada hopes to get nuclear warheads, both for the Lacrosse missile and for the Bomarc interceptor recently adopted by the R.C.A.F...
...figures should probably be taken with a grain of salt, however. First of all, the university average includes the marks of freshmen, which are very much lower than upperclassmen's. (Fraternities have no freshman members.) And, more important, most frats are very careful not to bid for students with low grades, since any "organized living group" which does not maintain a certain average will be placed on social probation. The fraternities are usually very careful to enforce their own "study hours" rules...
...student council--which for some reason is called "Arcadia"--is a laughing matter to some, but has increased its potency in recent years. A number of years ago, when Arcadia was at a low point in popularity, the council president became the first Lehigh student to have his head shaved by his classmates, a ceremony which is usually reserved for football weekend attacks on Lafayette freshmen. The next year, the council's prestige was restored somewhat by the election of athlete Joe Gratto as president. Gratto was a member of Lehigh's highly respected wrestling team...
Arcadia's mainstay, the Student Activities Committee, is hampered by a low budget, which has increased only $2,000 in 11 years, while tuition has almost doubled...
...strong as any of the Ivy squads." The Lord Jeffs feature what is known in soccer as a "fast break" attack with continual passing between the outsides across the entire breadth of the field. This type of play might easily wear the Crimson down, and with the varsity low in reserves, the fourth quarter could find Munro in real trouble...