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Moody has kept the famous pre-war Eagle T. formation in the spotlight, and it will set up most of the invaders' plays in the Stadium tomorrow. Ed Cronin is the quarterback who will make or break the system, following in the footsteps of such stars as Eddie Doherty...
Dick Harlow, pre-war Crimson mentor and oologist, is in the United States Naval Reserve at present, but Henry Lamar, former Jayvee coach and boxing instructor, is trying to make this wartime edition of a Harvard football team come as close as possible to a Harlow-coached squad. Harlow always refuted the idea of a set "system," but many of his basic ideas on offense and defence have been used consistently, with minor variations from year to year...
Opening events in the reasonable facsimile of a pre-war football weekend, Saturday afternoon's Stadium features provided some 8,000 fans with double-demonstrations of smooth marching as Harvard's undergraduate naval units passed in formal review before their commanding officer, Captain C. H. J. Keppler, USN, and later all members of the informal Varsity squad helped carry the pigskin through, around, and over the Bates College eleven for a 43 to 6 score...
Raymond Duncan, esthetic brother of the late, free-loving danseuse Isadora Duncan, celebrated the occupation of his adopted Paris by donning his famed pre-war getup, Greek toga and sandals, then marching to the U.S. Embassy with the U.S. flag in hand. He gave the banner to the Swiss caretaker, proceeded to sing Yankee Doodle until he was hoarse...
...mechanical wizards that can do nearly everything but shape College policy. Since December, 1943, when acceleration began and clerical work had to be stepped up, five International Business Machines have been adding, subtracting, separating, sorting, tabulating, and reproducing Harvard records, with two operators doing the work of 30 pre-war secretaries...