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...form a new publication, causing the parent magazine to dub itself "Mother Advocate." This earliest offspring, like all the succeeding ones, was spawned for one basic reason, the Advocate's interests had become oriented exclusively in one direction, causing a few editors to grow disgruntled. The magazine's rabid interest in reform drove some of its more flippant members to form the Lampoon in 1871, leaving the Advocate more of a newspaper than anything else. In 1873, however, the CRIMSON appeared as a rival bi-weekly newspaper, and the Advocate board suddenly became more interested in the arts...

Author: By Frank R. Safford, | Title: The Advocate: Danger Was Once Sweet | 2/1/1956 | See Source »

Dartmouth will also have the advantage of the home court. "The stands in Hanover are very close to the court. They've got rabid rooters up there, and that makes it tough for any visiting squad," Wilson said. It seems those Dartmouth boys have got to keep active somehow...

Author: By Frances E. Shaner, | Title: Varsity Basketball Squad to Face Dartmouth five at Hanover Tonight | 1/10/1956 | See Source »

...Only the most rabid alumnus would predict a Harvard victory Cornell in the Stadium this afternoon." Some did but they were wrong as the Big Red won once more. The scoreboard read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not Since 1916 Has Varsity Eleven Rated Favorite Role Over Cornell | 10/8/1955 | See Source »

After the opening period, when Coach Weiland's varied line combinations began to dominate play, the Crimson's only opposition came from lineman George Scragg and the rabid mass of Tiger fans which filled the Hobey Baker stands to capacity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Team Beats Princeton, 6-2; To Face Brown in Crucial Game | 2/21/1955 | See Source »

Australia is a large island-continent with a small population of 8,750,000, all of whom seem to become rabid tennis fans as soon as they can hold a racket. Last week Australia's tennis bugs were having nightmares. Reason: their star player and main hope for keeping the Davis Cup for the fifth straight year, blond, bullet-serving Lew Hoad, was playing slipshod and lazy tennis. Clearly, it was a national crisis which involved everybody from Lew Hoad's mother to Prime Minister Robert Menzies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Crisis Down Under | 12/13/1954 | See Source »

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