Word: placed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...retrospect, two very indicative events have taken place at Harvard in the last month. The Minister of Education of a small foreign country with whom I discussed them recently, put the situation very well when he said, "Harvard has succeeded in attracting many 'learned' professors, but there seems to be a paucity of 'educated' ones.' E. A. Layne...
Swett triumphed in the epees and garnered his team's fourth-place finish in the foils, won by Dunster's Tommy Jones. Neal Carney of Lowell was top finalist in the sabre bouts, followed by Adams's Henry Kriegstein...
With Albert Lewis leading the way, Winthrop placed in the top five in all three events. Lewis captured second in the epees and finished third in both the foils and sabre. A fencer since the age of three. Lewis had no complaints about gaining no first-place finished. "All the bouts were very close and could have gone either way," he said...
...Mullin, Winthrop's ebullient athletic secretary, was full of praise for his team. "The fencing was a pleasant surprise for us," he said. "With our five winter championships plus this second-place finish, we're really closing the gap in the Strauss Cup race...
...meet had ended, Winthrop was first with 24 points. Quincy came in second with 22 points, and Kirkland finished third with 16. The winner of each match collected five points, while the loser netted three. Winthrop rolled up three firsts and three seconds for their total, while second place Quincy had two victories and four runners...