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Because of two flashy Springfield swimmers, Harvard had more difficulty than expected in defeating the Maroon Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swim Team Churns By Stubborn Maroon Squad | 12/3/1962 | See Source »

Springfield's Bill Skoog and Jim Winn smashed three Springfield records and one New England League mark in their effort to upset the highly-favored Crimson. Though Harvard had too much depth for the Maroon the home team did succeed in scaring the Crimson before going down to defeat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swim Team Churns By Stubborn Maroon Squad | 12/3/1962 | See Source »

...that the Maroon team is that bad; it always finishes high in the New England league standings. But the school is too small to provide enough top swimmers to match the Crimson's depth, and coach Bill Brooks anticipates "absolutely no trouble" in today's contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Swimmers Expect Easy Win Over Springfield in Opening Contest | 12/1/1962 | See Source »

...Miss yell spiraled through the crisp sunlit air like a football passed by Chuckin' Charley Conerly of legendary lore. Boys, lean and brimming with youthful vigor, horseplayed around-almost as if they were unconscious of the pretty coeds who watched them. Right down to the blue and maroon freshman beanies, the scene was of the sort to make alumni hearts swell with bittersweet memories of days long gone. But beneath all the laughter, beneath all the seeming exuberance, was an ugly, constantly recurring question. "When," the kids asked one another, "will the nigger come...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South: The Intruder | 9/28/1962 | See Source »

...week steno when she sailed from London two years ago, Toni Avril Gardiner, 21, was back home again. As Princess Muna al Hussein, wife of Jordan's King Hussein, she checked into the palatial Dorchester Hotel with 27 satchels of finery, then toured the town in a murmuring maroon Bentley with a Scotland Yard escort on a shopping expedition to buy toys for her five-month-old son. And wasn't it fun to lunch at Buckingham Palace? Said the Princess: "I just hope I don't drop anything-any of those forks and spoons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 27, 1962 | 7/27/1962 | See Source »

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