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...little under 8% of total staff. Since the population of Massachusetts is only 3.1% black, it hardly seems that Harvard is practicing discrimination in library hiring unless 1) people are hired out of state, 2) library science programs are graduating disproportionately large numbers of blacks or 3) by some quirk, disproportionately large numbers of blacks have applied for positions at Harvard. Isn't it more reasonable to cite specific instances of discriminatory practice rather than using raw numbers to "prove" charges of discrimination? Jonathan B. Dubitzky...
McCurdy said that the Crimson's best bets on the track rest with Baylee Reid in the 100-yd. and 220-yd. dashed and with John Quirk in the mile run. He added that despite their colds Nick Leone will be running the 440 and Bill Okerman the 880 sprint, and both might still prove scoring threats...
Those two seconds proved to be Army's undoing, as it made a Cadet comeback virtually impossible. Co-captain John Quirk finally iced the win for the Crimson in the two-mile with Harvard needing only a second place finish to win the meet. Quirk completed a sweep of the mile-two mile double, and Bill Durette gave Harvard a comfortable margin of victory with an unexpected second...
Despite leg injuries, sprinter Baylee Reid won the 100-yard dash and finished second in the 220 and Nick Leone out-distanced the 440 field to bolster two record-breaking performances by distance runner John Quirk...
...Quirk broke the 11-year-old Dartmouth mile run record, winning the event in 4:08:0, to better the old mark of 4:09:6 set in 1962 by Harvard's Mark Miller. He also set a new time in the two-mile run, knocking two seconds off the old 9:07:5 record...