Word: mercersburg
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...overall grade of 99 plus was the best ever made at Mercersburg Academy. In spite of some undetermined ailment that kept him in & out of the infirmary, he got through Williams College with a record that led Columbia University's famed Philosopher John Dewey to take him on as a teaching assistant. He took a walk with Psychologist William James, remembers just one comment: "I have a brother [Henry] who writes novels, and he used to be a very good writer, too, but since he got lazy and began dictating, his style has become groping and repetitious...
Ford laid the foundation for his record-snapping stroke in Balboa, Canal Zone, improved it at Mercersburg Academy. When he entered Yale three years ago, he was ready for squatty Bob Kiphuth's swimming course for advanced students. A fanatic on physical condition, Coach Kiphuth put Ford through the usual ten weeks of exercises to build belly, back and chest muscles, other exercises to strengthen arm depressors, hip-joint flexors and extensors. Then Kiphuth got to work on Ford's form. After three years of bringing his stroke close to perfection, Ford has one final problem : the necessity...
...Freshman class. Among those slated for possible action this term are Walter Coulson, a promising first baseman from Lawrence Academy, who is expected to start in Saturday's game, J. M. Dunn, a third baseman from Andover, Weston Durant, a catcher from Thayer Academy, Shaw Livermore, a pitcher, from Mercersburg Academy, and Bob Goodale, an outfielder...
...three because his parents, transplanted Illinoisans, wanted him to be more amphibious than they. By the time he was 15 he was picked for a team to represent the Canal Zone in an international swimming meet in South America. Last year, as a student at Mercersburg Academy, he caused a sensation by equaling Weissmuller's record-a feat accomplished by only three other U.S. swimmers (Peter Fick, Bill Prew, Howard Johnson...
Sophomore Phil Carson is undoubtedly the individual star of the Brown team. Usually entered in the 220 and 440, he starred in prep school at Mercersburg, was last year's yearling captain fro the Bruins, and is expected to break every New England college record on the books this season...