Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that students enrolled in Comparative Literature 11, the course of Professor Irving Babbitt, exponent of the New Humanism, have formed a lottery based on the number of writers which he mentions in one lecture, were finally granted credence. Some enterprising undergraduate, whose name remains a secret, has formed the pool with tickets numbered from 1 to 100, at ten cents a ticket. There are three official tally-keepers who count every writer mentioned: the man holding the ticket corresponding, to the total number of writers wins the lottery, less a ten per cent commission. Naturally, many ramifications have forced their...
Saturday proved to be a Waterloo for the sure-thing gamblers, however, when Professor Babbitt quoted 73 writers in his lecture. This new high has set a dangerous precedent, the proprietors of the pool fear, for many of the students have turned bulls with a vengeance. A bearish drop in any one lecture would ruin the business, but the owners are unable to stabilize it in any manner. Its increasing popularity is attributed to the fact that there can be no pre-lecture fixing...
...Beekman Pool '82 defeated Ingram (Y), 15-7, 15-4, 15-7: A. W. Patterson '32 defeated Holbrook (Y), 15-4, 15-5, 15-11:N. F. Glidden '31 defeated McGlinn (Y) 15-12, 15-7, 12-15, 15-8: Captain C. D. G. Breckinridge '31 defeated Rittenberg (Y). 15-7, 15-7, 15-8: 15-7, 15-8: D. M. Frame '32 defeated Walker...
...University swimming team will go into action at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Harvard pool against an undefeated Worcester Polytech team which has defeated Brown 50 to 27. The Freshman swimming team will journey to New Haven today for a meet with the Eli 1934 swimmers...
...inter-class swimming meet for Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in the pool of the New Indoor Athletic Building, when members of the three upper classes will have an opportunity to show their skill in six swimming events and in diving. "The winning class in this meet," A. W. Samborski '26, director of Intramural Athletics states, "will meet the champion Yale class team on Saturday afternoon, March 7, in the Harvard pool...