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Though the varsity outcome is not in doubt (Yale is expected to take their 182nd straight dual meet), Ulen echoed a prevailing thought that ex-Crimson star Dave Hawkins will have his freshman unit in the winning column over the highly touted Yalies. Perhaps this points up Ulen's hopeful...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/6/1959 | See Source »

Last year, the Crimson surprised a powerful Yale quintet by thumping them at the I.A.B., 84 to 70, and a similar upset tonight is by no means an impossibility. In fact, it's a prediction.

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Downs to Lead Favored Yale Quintet Against Crimson in Season's Finale | 3/4/1959 | See Source »

But the present Natural Sciences program does not seem the best way to endow the student with this basic knowledge. The non-science concentrator must be introduced into the process of hypothesis and experiment and must realize that the claims of science are limited: that measurement is always inexact; that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Program for Natural Sciences | 2/26/1959 | See Source »

The only common opponents of both Brandeis and the Crimson are Boston College and Tufts. Both squads lost to the Eagles by 14 points, but whereas Brandeis downed Tufts. 72 to 68, the Crimson won, 60 to 54. Judging then by comparative scores--a consistently inaccurate method anyway--the two...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Crimson Five to Meet Brandeis In Non-League Game at Waltham | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

Furthermore, in the Admission and Scholarship Newsletter, Bender questioned the meaningfulness of the statistics. "Are the measures we use for prediction, particularly College Board scores, drifting slightly so that a 650 score today is not as 'good' as a 650 four years ago? Or are the faculty raising their standard...

Author: By Craig K. Comstock, | Title: Record of Class of '61 Called Disappointing | 2/17/1959 | See Source »

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