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Competing for the Crimson is certainly rather tricky business. There's no guarantee that you'll make it. We're looking for students who can demonstrate competence in some field, however narrow. But remember that it's not as difficult as getting into Harvard or Radcliffe. Few people who stick out the entire competition for any of the four boards get cut in the end. Persistence, initiative, and some work at developing the skills you obviously possess will get you elected...
Harvard's most pressing problem so far has been quarterbacking and now the Crimson is without its number one signal caller. Champi's quitting does make the problem of who's going to quarterback a bit less complicated for coach John Yovicsin, however...
...good to see Neil Hurley make another interception, and it was nice to see Dale Neal get 11 tackles. Ray Hornblower, one of Harvard's top passers, had another good day. One of the most exciting things he did against B. U. was streak down the left sideline on a Harvard punt, brush off Fred Barry of the Terriers, and dump the electrifying Mr. Taylor six yards farther back than where Taylor caught it. Yovicsin summed it all up: "Ray is really working," he said...
...that doesn't make life any better for Ray and Alice's friends, even though it should. They set up a restaurant for Alice in the middle of Stockbridge, but it collapses in a marital spat between the Brocks. Shelly, a guy in the group who likes motorcycles, art and heroin, kicks the smack habit only to revert to it later on when he discovers that he can't have Alice for his very own. Arlo beats the draft only to realize that "the good things in [his] life seem to come out of not doing what [he] doesn...
...explained that all her life she wanted to do things better than anyone else. She liked to win, and, to insure success, she trained hard for whatever contest she entered. But it was not only in sports that Babe Zaharias strove to excel. While in school, she had to make a dress in sewing class and determined it should be the best. Her dress was the winner of the State Fair of Texas. She also won a gold medal in school for the best speed in typing...