Word: quakers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since 1966, the competition between the Harvard and Penn heavyweight crews has resembled a game of "king on the mountain." Each Spring a Quaker boat stronger than the previous year's has challenged the Crimson's hold on the national title...
Under the agreement with the Committee on Houses, the Harvard Under graduate Council, acting for the fasting students, will forward the rebate to the American Friends Service Committee. The funds will support the Quaker group's current relief programs for Vietnamese civilians, including children's refugee centers and hospital facilities for amputees...
...then closed on two alleged accomplices. One of them was pretty Jane Alpert, 22, whose soft voice and gentle manner reflected her Quaker education at Swarthmore College. Her writings in the underground newspaper Rat were something else. A memher of the radical Women's Liberation movement, she described marriage as a "corrupt institution" and opposed the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. "My old man" is what Jane usually called John D. Hughey III, 22, who shared a Village tenement flat with her and was also accused in the bombings...
Penn played its heart out in the opening minutes of last Saturday's game, and the vicious Quaker offensive stunned the Crimson for an entire quarter. But when they failed to score despite dominating play, the Quakers were demoralized and lost in the second quarter...
...middle of the fourth period. Harvard was stalling completely. Twice the Quaker defense stopped the Crimson without a first down, and although Harvard had easily dominated the game, it was still only six points ahead. Penn was still not moving-it gained only about 150 yards in total offense all afternoon-but there was still a chance that the scrambling Brown could break loose sometime. Harvard clearly needed another touchdown...