Word: midshipmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...team plays host to Navy tomorrow, another squad lacking in outstanding individuals, but the Midshipmen could cause trouble if the Crimson team is not in the right frame of mind...
...following rainy, muddy Saturday afternoon passed while Navy out numbered, out ran, out blocked, and definitely out scored the Crimson in the last game of the spring schedule. The midshipmen romped over the varsity 17 to 4. Harvard managed only 11 shots all afternoon while Navy substitutes continued to pound the ball into the Crimson nets. They led by three goals before the game was four minutes old, and the Crimson never recovered...
...NAVAL ACADEMY. "Midshipmen are quite immature in their attitude. They have been kept in a state of adolescence. Almost everything is done for them. They are subject to petty rules. They are being trained for a Navy which no longer exists, by officers many of whom do not know the real needs of today's Navy, and who are not aware that they don't know. Once the midshipmen get out, their mental growth comes to an end. They putter around the house, repair cars and build furniture; they become nest builders and bird hatchers. If drastic steps...
Outwardly, the President of the U.S. seemed his usual active self. Returning from Europe, he made his television report to the nation, kept a campaign pledge to greet the senior class of the Tomah, Wis., high school at the White House, addressed graduating midshipmen at Annapolis, spoke to editors of United Press International, and entertained the French Congo Republic's President Fulbert Youlou, who came with a huge pair of elephant tusks as gifts. But all the while, John Kennedy was in considerable pain with a back injury-and at week's end he was on crutches...
Cornell led the Midshipmen by nearly a length to take second place, only two tenths of a second behind the varsity...