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...sparse audience of about 300 began to call for some action, and action it got. A spree of loose balls sent players from both teams sprawling across the floor with the referees tooting away frantically. One referee finally picked up prostrate Quaker John Canzano by the seat of his pants and play was resumed. The coaches called in their third-stringers to finish up the chaotic contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quaker Quintet Trounces Crimson Varsity, 95-58 | 2/27/1961 | See Source »

Princeton presents a far more formidable challenge to the as yet undefeated varsity than does the Quaker nine. The Tigers' Steve Vehslage and Jimmy Zug are definite favorites to collect individual wins in the top spots, leaving the varsity faced with the necessity of winning five of the bottom seven matches...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Squash Team Will Face Princeton, Drive to Penn for Evening Match | 2/10/1961 | See Source »

Having kept his voice to a whisper throughout the presidential campaign, Boston's Richard Cardinal Gushing finally opened up on politics-not to hail victorious Roman Catholic John Kennedy but to give lavish praise to the Quaker loser. Said the Cardinal: "If I were asked to name the good-will man of 1960, I would unhesitatingly give the accolade to Richard Nixon. During the recent campaign he never exploited the religious or any other issue that would tend to divide the American people. When he lost, he was magnificent in defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 20, 1961 | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

Although the school will enroll boys and girls of all races and religions, it will have a Quaker philosophy and will be dedicated to developing in the child "an inner discipline free from reliance on outer authority," McClelland said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quakers' School To Be Founded | 1/19/1961 | See Source »

...school will charge a tuition starting at $500 for kindergarten pupils. Initially the Quaker institution will teach only kindergarten through the fourth grade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quakers' School To Be Founded | 1/19/1961 | See Source »

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