Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deny that Varsity swimming workouts are thought. After two months of ache-producing exercises, the Ulenmen enter, the pool officially, and from 3 o'clock to 4:30 daily, exclusive of morning workouts, the boys wave their arms at the bottom of the bath. A typical session might consist of the following: to being with, a little kicking with the board to limber up the calf and thigh muscles; then, Coach Ulen will inform you to "swim ten laps at three-quarter speed." That usually means 250 yards about us fast as you can go, because five other follows...
...good sign of the will to work which is about 90% of being a good swimmer (5% is natural ability; 5% guts). Dave Stearns, leader of the '42 team, typifies the Sophomores: he has spirit--works hard and once tried unsuccessfully to throw a newspaperman into the pool: he has a measure of speed, and he enjoys pulling his rotund body through the water. So do his classmates. With these things in mind, Mr. Ulen, who hasn't had a n natural swimmer since Art Bosworth, can almost let a smile cruse his stormy countenance...
Discussing the ideal living quarters for the graduate student, Sperry visualized a unit that would include squash courts, an informal library, a small pool, and both a dining room and cafeteria...
...been first Varsity backstroker ever since, will compete almost exclusively in the free-style sprint races this year, thereby fulfilling Coach Ulen's need for a fast sprinter and his own desire to swim on his face for a while. During his first year in the pool Art negotiated the 50 in very close to 24 seconds flat, and while his backstroke 100's which at one time approached the 1:02 mark are valuable, his sprinting ability will probably be more in demand this season...
...twenty years Ben has guided the Yardlings in the art of pool and billiards, and although he says that their game is none too good, they all seem to really enjoy it. "In fact, billiards has had more success at Harvard than at any other college," Ben declared...