Word: nationale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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What is the value of conferences like Democratic Agenda? "We need more national movements, national figures saying 'we are the left.' Unfortunately I'm not too happy with some of the peoplesaying that now--Fonda, Hayden. And this is a start."
New challenges await: a mid-February dual meet with perennial national power Indiana; the defense of Harvard's Eastern League and Eastern Seaboard Championship titles; and an opportunity, in the friendly atmosphere of Blodgett Pool, to improve upon last season's 13th place NCAA finish.
What we are witnessing, in the words of Crimson coach Joseph W. Bernal, "is the creation of the Harvard swimming dynasty of the 1980s," designed to rival that of Yale in the 1940s and 50s--when the focus of national swimming attention centered on New Haven and the Ivy League...
It remains to be seen whether Harvard can ever approach Yale's accomplishment of four national championships and ten runner-up finishes. But the Crimson squad is clearly on its way to becoming a real force in collegiate swimming.
Community apathy toward swimming and Harvard's administrative indecision--questioning any attempt to create a national power in any sport--were not the least of these problems. The new coach's aggressive recruiting and promotion of his sport helped alleviate these troubles, as did construction of Blodgett Pool and the...