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...Quakers hold a 5-0 record going into the contest. Earlier this season Penn downed Northeastern, Colgate and St. Anselm's each by two goals, trounced Merrimac, 7-1, and edged...

Author: By Elizabeth P. Eggert, | Title: Icemen Face Unbeaten Penn In First Ivy-League Contest | 12/9/1972 | See Source »

...Indians have a strong five wins-one loss record on the year, but they've yet to face strong opposition. In their last outing on Tuesday, they defeated Merrimac College (of which Red Sox star Carl Yastrzemski is an alumnus) by a score of 15-50. In that meet, junior Tom Shiland tied with teammate Chris Peisch for first in 28:02 on the 5.0 mile Hanover course...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Harriers Face Indians Today in Hanover | 10/22/1971 | See Source »

...Peruvian gunboat Loreto should not be the pride and joy of anyone's navy. Built in England in 1932, it makes a mere twelve knots at flank speed and looks like a cross between the Merrimac and an early Frank Lloyd Wright house. There are seven such gunboats in the Peruvian Navy, drawing cheers from the whole country. Their crews are physicians, dentists, technicians and nurses, and their mission is to build schools and provide medical care for 800,000 people, most of them primitive Indians living in the jungles along the Peruvian Amazon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Gunboat Diplomacy | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Although the Crimson has not officially opened its season, the squad has scrimmage dagainst the United States national team and against Merricac College. The varsity played scoreless hockey against the Nationals, but displayed its scoring potential by netting 12 goals against the poorer Merrimac varsity...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: Crimson Sextet Meets Undefeated St. Nicholas Hockey Club Tonight | 12/1/1962 | See Source »

...Nice Boys." Baxter prepped for the Williams presidency at Harvard, where his Ph.D. thesis disproved the idea that the Monitor and the Merrimac were the world's first ironclad ships (the first: France's Gloire in 1859). When he became Master of the newly opened Adams House, Baxter learned the art of running a college. The chance came in 1937 when Williams President Tyler Dennett quit after only three years (he thought the trustees were wasting money). It was Dennett who summed up one of Baxter's main problems: "Nice boys-I mean the well-mannered, sophisticated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Old Breed | 8/4/1961 | See Source »

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