Word: prep
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...prep-school editors of the Next Voter, a political semimonthly at Massachusetts' Brooks School, rose to a point of order. They had noted that Colonel Bertie McCormick calls his Chicago Tribune "the world's greatest newspaper." Said the Next Voter: "Full pages of advertisements . . . inform us almost daily that such & such a newspaper, magazine or periodical has the greatest circulation, is read by the most influential people, or is the most successful one in some way or other. Have these superlatives really any meaning? . . . Is it not possible, contrary to all rules of grammar, that a great newspaper...
...Thursday's 63-46 victory over Newman Prep, Harper was particularly pleased by his team's defensive play. Newman had two men over six foot four but the Crimson seldom let them get into scoring position. Harper had further reason to purr about the Newman game because he had to juggle the lineup early in the game when Hickey picked up three personal fouls inside of the first quarter. The team operated smoothly nevertheless and showed well under pressure...
...close for two and a quarter periods in the Freshman-Newman Prep basketball game last night. Then someone, maybe Coach Lloyd Harper, pushed the crucial button and the Crimson rolled to a 63-46 victory...
When the freshman basketball squad meets Newman Prep at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Indoor Athletic Building it will have had only two team practices behind it since exam period began. Coach Lloyd Harper doesn't expect any noticeable depreciation in the quality of his boys play, however, because he held informal practice sessions during the two and a half week layoff to keep them reasonably up to snuff...
When Wynn's first five players came to Harvard they brought along unusual prep school squash experience. They knew court fundamentals so well that Wynn could spend his time with less experienced players. Pretty soon he was bragging about the depth and ability of his whole squad...