Word: making
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was no disagreement on the virtues of "democratic representation." The Union group felt, however, that an elected body just wouldn't work in the Yard, maintaining that new freshmen can't get well enough acquainted in two weeks to make an election mean very much. Yet this is an organizational problem, and its solution depends on the proctors, who must design a program of introductory meetings to prepare the incoming class for an election...
...Union Committee can become a much stronger force in Yard affairs, more than just an executive council. It can take a broader interest in freshman affairs, and make excursions into the area of policy. More than this, however, the new style in the Yard can successfully introduce first-year men to the ways and means of democratic organization when they enter the College. Freshmen can handle their affairs while they are freshmen-and not have to wait a year...
...playing under the lights with a yarn ball our mothers would knit for us. When we knocked the yarn apart, we'd pull it back together with black tape." Stuffy did his share of the knocking. In fact, his nickname resulted from it. Whenever the youngster would make a hit or come up with a hard grounder, the older boys he played with would yell, "That's the stuff...
...Deacons' failure to make their free throws count defeated them as much as anything Adams did. Meanwhile, the Gold Coasters completed 12 of 21 foul shots successfully. Kirkland got panicky in the last two minutes of the game and had one technical and four personal fouls called against them. Adams capitalized on these scoring opportunities...
Besides dramatizing old yells, the tumbling squad will do some special numbers with the band. "We're really looking for men with plenty of experience," Liebman explained, "but any good tumbler who knows the usual flips, handstands, cartwheels, and air somersaults has a chance to make the new squad...